How popular is the name Kiara?

Kiara ranks 375th among girls' names in US records, with 95,420 births since 1968. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,064.

Is Kiara a unisex name?

No. Kiara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 5,717 children were given the name. It has been in use for 57 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ciara. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#375 of girl names

Pronounced K IY1 AE1 R AH0 (ARPABET)

Kiara is a girls' name, and first appears in 1968. It has been given to 95,420 children — the 375th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 47% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1999, when 5,717 children were given it.

Ciara is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1999Girls: 5,717Boys: 0

These spellings sound identical to Kiara and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kiara?: Kiara ranks 375th among girls' names in US records, with 95,420 births since 1968. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,064.
Is Kiara a unisex name?: No. Kiara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kiara most popular?: 1999, when 5,717 children were given the name. It has been in use for 57 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kiara spelled?: Ciara. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.