first name
CIERRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,464 people named Cierra, 44.7% reported their origin as White, 35.7% as Black and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
What should your name go on next?
Thanks! We'll make the most-wanted one next.
Cierra peaked in 1998, when 1,687 babies got the name.
At least 27,659 babies have been given the name since 1978. 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.
Cierra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #428. The largest share of babies named Cierra, 50.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Cierra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cierra has been most common in Maryland (2.2×), Nevada (2.2×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.19×).
25,946 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 Cierra
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cierra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cierra ranks #68,212 of 156,621, with 311 people. See Cierra as a last name
Compare
🔎 CIERRA 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜ 1 in 13,445 Americans Rarer than 75.1% of us Peaked in 1998 with 1,687 babies Beat that 👇 https://howrareismy.name/first/cierra/