Kiera
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning dark-haired; a form of Ciara.
How Kiera has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #644 |
| 2016 | #724 |
| 2017 | #768 |
| 2018 | #845 |
| 2019 | #889 |
| 2020 | #995 |
| 2021 | #969 |
| 2024 | #981 |
Kiera by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Kiera. In the US, 356 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,147 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Ciara
Like Kiera, each of these traces back to Ciara: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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 Kiera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kiera
Names that are said the same way as Kiera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Kiera, 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 Kiera
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