Cera

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cera by the numbers

Cera was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 98 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Cera

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Coramaiden; a form of Kore3,422 in the US (2017)
  • Caradear or beloved85 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cearared-haired; a form of Ciara
  • Ciera22 in the US (2017)
  • Cyra19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cira15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cera

Names that are said the same way as Cera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Serahprincess; an alternate spelling of Sarah11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Serrasaw; ridge19 in the US (2017)
  • Seraserenity; a form of Seraphina10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Seraipalace palace grounds7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cera

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