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Ciera

#11,149 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Sierra

Ciera has been given to 11,372 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #11,149 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 682 recorded.

Babies named Ciera, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ciera over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ciera: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Sierra

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ciera means

Ciera is a variant of Sierra.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ciera is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /si.ˈɛɹ.ə/ for Ciera.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ciera → Sierra. The family’s meaning is “mountain range”, recorded in the naming reference for Sierra.

Origin, language, and formation

Ciera is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sierra.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ciera is pronounced /siˈɛ.ɹə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,367 girls were recorded with the name Ciera between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 682 in 1993; its best national rank was #375 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,989 in 2020 to #11,149 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,321 in 2015 to #11,149 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ciera between 1986 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1986; its best national rank was #6,902 in 1986.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ciera?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,149
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ciera 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 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ciera. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cieras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ciera was born before 1995 — so the typical Ciera is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
49.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
11,367
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 49.3% of all recorded uses (5,605).

Is Ciera 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
−1,459
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,160
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,828
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
1.2%
Peak was 1993 (682)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#375
1993

Spellings of Ciera

Ciera is not the most common spelling — Clara is, with 25.1% against Ciera's 0.95%.

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.

Where Ciera is used

Across 1910–2025, Ciera was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 15,917 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 7,692
  2. 2Maryland1 in 9,091
  3. 3Ohio1 in 9,091
  4. 4Arizona1 in 10,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 10,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 10,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 10,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ciera has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ciera around the world

Where Ciera ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2016
    #5,785
    in 2016
  • Scotland
    1998–2003
    #667
    in 2003
  • Ireland
    1983–1990
    #517
    in 1990
  • Canada
    1991–2019
    #3,370
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    2004–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ciera by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,149
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,160
Best rank ever
#375
1993
Peak year
1993
682 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,367
Count in 2025
8

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,902
1986
Peak year
1986
5 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
1986
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ciera

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

CieloCierraKieraCiennaTameraMeeraTieraSieraKeraAmeeraTeraEraCienaLeraCielaAmeraSeraElveraVeeraCeraCielValeraHeraShera

Names with a curve like Ciera

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ciera, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KatelinKelsiAlexandreaAshtonBreanaCaylaDesiraeBreannAlyshaYesseniaDevinKaila

Sibling names for Ciera

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

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