Recorded 1986–2022 Girls' name Peak 2001 1,145 births

Sierrah — girls' name

1,145 babies named Sierrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s441990s4492000s5212010s1202020s11
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Sierrah was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

81 babies were named Sierrah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sierrah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,145 babies named Sierrah between 1986 and 2022, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sierrah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sierrah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 521 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sierrah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Sierrah in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sierrah 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 1,145 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.

Sierrah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

1,145

Since 1986

37 years of records

Peak year

2001

81 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1986

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2022

Sierrah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1986

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2001)
81
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
020406080100 20222015201020052000199519901986 7

Sierrah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
521 births that decade — 46% of Sierrah's all-time total
1980s441990s4492000s5212010s1202020s11

Sierrah by state

Where Sierrah concentrates geographically — total births since 1986

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Sierrah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
103 9.0%
#2 Texas
32 2.8%
#3 Ohio
23 2.0%
#4 Florida
15 1.3%
#5 New York
11 1.0%
#6 Missouri
10 0.9%
#7 Georgia
5 0.4%
#8 Pennsylvania
5 0.4%
California share of Sierrah's total US births 9.0%
Even split

103 of 1,145 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.

Sierrah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sierrah?
1,145 babies have been named Sierrah since 1986. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2001 with 81 births.
When was Sierrah most popular?
Sierrah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 521 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Sierrah most popular?
The top states for the name Sierrah are California (103 births), Texas (32 births), Ohio (23 births).
How long has the name Sierrah been used?
Sierrah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 37 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Sierrah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sierra, Sienna, Siena, Siera, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1986–2022 (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.