Kiira

Girls' name

Lady, through Kira

Kiira has been given to 123 babies in the U.S. since 1981. 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 1986, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Kiira, 2023

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kiira: meaning, origin, and history

Lady, through Kira

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kiira means

Kiira belongs to the name family reached through Kiira → Kira → Kyra. Its meaning is “lady”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kiira is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kira and Kyra.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Kiira is pronounced /ˈkiːrɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Kiira between 1981 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1986; its best national rank was #5,595 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.

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How common is Kiira?

Kiira had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kiira 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 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kiira. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kiiras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kiira was born before 1988 — so the typical Kiira is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 60.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 39.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 123; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 60.2% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Kiira 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 1986 (13)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 43.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,595; 1986

Spellings of Kiira

Kiira is not the most common spelling — Kara is, with 14.7% against Kiira's 0.02%.

Kara14.7%101,743
Kiara8.2%57,068
Kira5.9%40,829
Kyra5.5%38,285
Ciara5.0%34,876
Keira4.9%33,836
Kiana3.8%26,694
Amira3.7%25,609

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.

Kiira 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: #5,595; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 13 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 123
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kiira

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

Ayira Azira Laira Elira Anira Alira Nhyira Athira Navira Yasira Amiira Atira Khaira Aneira Ramira Avira Azaira Nazira Zafira Namira Demira Zymira Sisira Zira

Sibling names for Kiira

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

Domonique Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Sade Janay Santana

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Garrick

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