Ciara

girls:

34.5k births since 1972

#743 (87th percentile)

boys:

7 births since 1989

#4579 (0th percentile)

overall:

34.6k births since 1972

#1351 (83rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ciara".

1972 2023 19722023

Key Statistics

Total Births
34,550
Peak Births
2,325
Peak Year
2005
First Recorded
1972
Peak Percentile
84.3%
Current Percentile
17.3%
Peak Rank
#148
Current Rank
#783
Female statistics
Total Births
7
Peak Births
7
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1989
Peak Percentile
0.8%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#751
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Ciara

Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Ciara. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 19.6% confident that Ciara is pronounced as kee-AH-ruh. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ah-ruh, at 15.7% confidence.

SEE-uh-ruh (3 syllables)
7.8% confidence
S IY1 AH0 R AH0
SEE-AH-ruh (3 syllables)
3.9% confidence
S IY1 AA1 R AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ciara. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ciara, please vote using the thumbs up button.

see-AH-ruh (3 syllables)
18 names 8.1k births
S IY0 AA1 R AH0
chee-AH-ruh (3 syllables)
3 names 5.6k births
CH IY0 AA1 R AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K IY0 AA1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.