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)
The name Ciara is the #1,351 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 34,557 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 82.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #743 (87.0% percentile) for all time with 34,550 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1989.
Ciara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Ciara is available in 51 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Ciara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ciara reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 84.3% percentile (ranked #148) with 1,146 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 1,146 births per million (ranked 84.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ciara ranks #783 for girls (17.3% percentile) with 97 births per million, which is 8.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ciara reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ciara".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Ciara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 19.6% confident that Ciara is pronounced as kee-AH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ah-ruh, at 15.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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