Piera

Girls' name

Stone, rock, through Piero

Piera has been given to 70 babies in the U.S. since 1954. 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 1968, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Piera, 2020

1 in 668,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Piera: meaning, origin, and history

Stone, rock, through Piero

Norwegian and Swedish

What Piera means

Piera belongs to the name family reached through Piera → Piero → Peter → Peter. Its meaning is “stone, rock”.

Origin, language, and formation

Piera is used in Italian and Northern Sami. Its origins include Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Piero and Peter.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Piera is pronounced /ˈpjɛ.ra/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 70 girls were recorded with the name Piera between 1954 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1968; its best national rank was #6,076 in 1968.

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 Piera?

Piera had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among girls only: 1 in 323,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Piera 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 2020 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 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Piera. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pieras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Piera was born before 1985 — so the typical Piera is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 24.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 38.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 70; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 24.3% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Piera 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 1968 (7)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,076; 1968

Spellings of Piera

Piera is not the most common spelling — Vera is, with 21.0% against Piera's <0.01%.

Vera21.0%149,456
Sierra14.1%100,597
Piper8.8%62,718
Kiara8.0%57,068
Kira5.7%40,829
Ciara4.9%34,876
Cierra3.9%27,623
Tiara3.4%23,868

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.

Piera around the world

Where Piera 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.

France
1959–1974
#2,752
in 1974
South Australia
1958–2012
#871
in 2012

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Piera 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: #6,076; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 7 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 70
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Piera

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

Avera Heera Emera Pierson Evera Pierre Eera Neera Pera Pierra Miera Aveera Aera Abeera Pierce Viera Estera Caera Mahera Omera Savera Alera Diera Smera

Sibling names for Piera

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

Nichelle Aretha Brigette Josette Shelli Shannan Cami Missy

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd

Explore around Piera

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