Cira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cira by the numbers

Cira was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cira

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 Cira. 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)
  • Ciaradark or black-haired240 in the US (2017)
  • Ciera22 in the US (2017)
  • Cyra19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cire21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cira

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

  • Sirabiography, life story10 in the US (2017)
  • Syra15 in the US (2017)
  • Syrai9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cira

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