Siera — #11358 US girls' name
2,536 babies named Siera in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Siera was born in this single decade.
150 babies were named Siera in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Siera
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,536 babies named Siera between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Siera currently holds the #11358 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 150 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Siera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Siera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Siera in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Siera in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,536 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Siera at a glance
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Current rank
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Siera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (1998)
- 150
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #11358 among girls.
2,536 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 150 births in a single year.
Siera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,246 births that decade — 49% of Siera's all-time total
Siera decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,246 births
- Runner-up 799 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Siera's strongest decade
1,246 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Siera by state
Where Siera concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 198 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 134 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 129 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 76 | 3.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 73 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 64 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 55 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 40 | 1.6% |
198 of 2,536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Siera appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.