Kiara
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 341 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Kiara has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #398 |
| 2016 | #384 |
| 2017 | #356 |
| 2018 | #336 |
| 2019 | #302 |
| 2020 | #308 |
| 2021 | #331 |
| 2022 | #252 |
| 2023 | #230 |
| 2024 | #238 |
| 2025 | #229 |
Kiara by the numbers
In 2025, 341 babies in England and Wales were named Kiara. In the US, 885 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 4,024 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 780 American girls born that year was called Kiara.
What we can tell you about Kiara
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 Kiara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiralord or ruler; a form of Kyra817 in the US (2017)
- Karafriend or dear; a form of Cara606 in the US (2017)
- Kieradark-haired; a form of Ciara356 in the US (2017)
- Klarabright and clear; a form of Clara51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kearavariant of Keira; dark-haired24 in the US (2017)
- Khiaraclear and bright; a form of Chiara4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Kiara
Names that are said the same way as Kiara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kiara
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