girls:
5.5k births since 1951
#2258 (60th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1951
#3685 (52nd percentile)
The name Chiara is the #3,685 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,477 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 52.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,258 (60.5% percentile) for all time with 5,477 births since 1951.
Chiara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for girls in 1951). Birth data for Chiara is available in 64 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Chiara reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 22.2% percentile (ranked #696) with 103 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 115 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Chiara is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #752 (20.6% percentile) with 114 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chiara".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Chiara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.8% confident that Chiara is pronounced as kee-AH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KYAH-ruh, at 27.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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