How rare is the name Ciara?

31,895 people in the United States have the first name Ciara, about 1 in 9,470. It ranks #1,214 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CIARA

#1,214

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,895
About
1 in 9,470
This common or more
72.7%
Who bears it

Of the 31,895 people named Ciara, 45.2% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Black and 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ciara peaked in 2005, when 2,325 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
2,325
In 2025*
155 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 34,883 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ciara by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #458. The largest share of babies named Ciara, 50.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#4,872232
1980s#8804,452
1990s#45813,068
2000s#54412,046
2010s#1,3463,996
2020s#2,3811,089
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9638.9%
Generation Z 1997–1250.5%
2013 and later9.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ciara is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ciara has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Arizona (2.1×), and Nevada (2×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.29×).

33,011 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ciara

#1,212 Brielle · 31,992#1,213 Janine · 31,970#1,215 Reid · 31,675#1,216 Eunice · 31,650

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ciara, most common first.

#2,556 Ciera · 9,456#5,981 Ciarra · 2,752#7,834 Cira · 1,901#23,227 Cieara · 423#35,338 Ciarah · 228#42,346 Ciaira · 170

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