Ciara
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning dark or black-haired.
How Ciara has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #757 |
| 2016 | #870 |
Ciara by the numbers
In 2025, 39 babies in England and Wales were named Ciara. In the US, 240 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 2,322 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Ciara
Forms of Ciara in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ciara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ciara
Names that are said the same way as Ciara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sierramountain range; saw696 in the US (2017)
- Cierrasaw; mountain range65 in the US (2017)
- Sieramountain range; a form of Sierra5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sierrahmountain range; a form of Sierra9 in the US (2017)
- Syriavariant of Syra; from the country Syria9 in the US (2017)
- Siara39 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Ciara, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ciara
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