How rare is the name Kiara?

43,748 people in the United States have the first name Kiara, about 1 in 6,904. It ranks #982 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KIARA

#982

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,748
About
1 in 6,904
This common or more
69.8%
Who bears it

Of the 43,748 people named Kiara, 37.9% reported their origin as Black, 33.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.2% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kiara peaked in 1999, when 4,024 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
4,024
In 2025*
1,335 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 57,289 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Kiara by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #354. The largest share of babies named Kiara, 50.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#5,934170
1980s#1,0103,599
1990s#35417,897
2000s#38218,939
2010s#6899,471
2020s#5517,201
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–9625.2%
Generation Z 1997–1250.4%
2013 and later24.1%

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 Kiara is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kiara has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Nevada (2.1×), and Hawaii (1.6×), and least common in West Virginia (0.33×).

55,801 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 Kiara

#980 Harley · 43,968#981 Elliott · 43,870#983 Rodrigo · 43,705#984 Braden · 43,698

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,138 Kira · 35,464#1,657 Kiera · 18,929#5,608 Kiarra · 3,022#7,028 Kirra · 2,219#12,987 Kiarah · 941#17,795 Kieara · 613#19,898 Kiari · 525#24,570 Kiaira · 391

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