Sierra
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning mountain range; saw.
How Sierra has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #404 |
| 2016 | #424 |
| 2017 | #449 |
| 2018 | #452 |
| 2019 | #499 |
| 2020 | #535 |
| 2021 | #510 |
| 2022 | #551 |
| 2023 | #566 |
| 2024 | #596 |
| 2025 | #616 |
Sierra by the numbers
In 2025, 48 babies in England and Wales were named Sierra. In the US, 696 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 5,840 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 350 American girls born that year was called Sierra.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sierra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Serrasaw; ridge19 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)
- Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sienareddish-brown earth pigment; place name454 in the US (2017)
- Sidraa star or the Pleiades88 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Sierra
Names that are said the same way as Sierra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Sierra, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
- Brynnhill; a form of Bryn1,097 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Yaelmountain goat, strength and grace313 in the US (2017)
- Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sierra
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