girls:
15.6k births since 1975
#1219 (79th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 1989
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
15.6k births since 1975
#2092 (73rd percentile)
The name Kierra is the #2,092 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,578 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 73.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,219 (78.7% percentile) for all time with 15,560 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1989.
Kierra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Kierra is available in 48 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (48 years for girls and 3 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 Kierra has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kierra reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 65.0% percentile (ranked #298) with 457 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 457 births per million (ranked 65.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kierra ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 5.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kierra reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kierra".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Kierra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Kierra is pronounced as KEE-eh-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-ruh, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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