Girls' name · since 1983
Siera
Siera has 2,543 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,543
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Siera currently ranks #12278 among girls' names in America, with 2,543 babies recorded since 1983.
Siera has 2,543 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12278 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #3,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,543 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Siera ranks #3,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,543 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,543
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Siera's 2,543 recorded births place it above 94.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Siera compares
2,543 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Siera's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Siera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,543 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 150 | 21 | 19,840 |
Siera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Siera's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 28% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 72%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 150, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Siera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 150
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Siera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,246 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Siera's strongest decade.
1,246 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Siera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 346
1980s
346 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,246 births
- 2000s
2000s
799 births
- 2010s 123
2010s
123 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,246 births (49% of all-time use).
How Siera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Siera's total volume
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 2,543 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Siera appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Siera's data
- Siera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,246 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sieras (198 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Siera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Siera draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.