Cearra

Girls' name

Variant of Ciara

Cearra has been given to 337 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Cearra, 2010

1 in 739,000

Cearra over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cearra: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ciara

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cearra means

Cearra is a variant of Ciara.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Cearra is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

Cearra is a variant of Ciara. Ciara has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ciara.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 337 girls were recorded with the name Cearra between 1986 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 28 in 1996; its best national rank was #3,845 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Cearra?

Cearra had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cearra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cearra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cearras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cearra was born before 1997 — so the typical Cearra is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 57.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 337; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 57.3% of all recorded uses (193).

Is Cearra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (28)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,845; 1996

Spellings of Cearra

Cearra is not the most common spelling — Clara is, with 46.3% against Cearra's 0.05%.

Clara46.3%300,524
Carla23.2%150,390
Cara8.2%53,305
Ciara5.4%34,876
Cierra4.3%27,623
Terra2.4%15,429
Charla1.2%8,026
Keara0.73%4,767

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cearra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,845; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 28 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 337
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cearra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ceairra Ceanna Diarra Quorra Amarra Amirra Dearra Ceaira Marra Siarra Mirra Ceana Corra Ceasia Ceazia Kyerra Cyerra Searra Teirra Sarra Syerra Dierra Amorra Sharra

Sibling names for Cearra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iman Breann Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania Salena

For a brother

Austyn Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Samual Tristin Rashawn

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