How popular is the name Kira?

Kira ranks 614th among girls' names in US records, with 40,056 births since 1938. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,088.

Is Kira a unisex name?

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

2005, when 1,397 children were given the name. It has been in use for 87 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#614 of girl names

Pronounced K IH1 R AA0 (ARPABET)

Kira is a girls' name, and first appears in 1938. It has been given to 40,056 children — the 614th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 28% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2005, when 1,397 children were given it.

2005Girls: 1,397Boys: 5

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 Kira?: Kira ranks 614th among girls' names in US records, with 40,056 births since 1938. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,088.
Is Kira a unisex name?: No. Kira is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kira most popular?: 2005, when 1,397 children were given the name. It has been in use for 87 years and is still recorded as of 2024.