Ciera

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ciera: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ciera: Recorded since 1983, it reached #517 in 1990, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#517highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1176
1998	#1165
1999	#1018
2000	#1195
2001	#1107
2002	#1658
2003	#2191
2004	#1715
2005	#1796
2006	#2137
2007	#1741
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2011	#4049
2012	#2521
2013	#4739
2016	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1983–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–1990
Highest recorded position: #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1983–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Girls

Ciera appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 19 ranked years and 210 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1983.

Ciera across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ciera's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#1018 (1999)	#5785 (2016)	19 of 21	210 (1996–2016)	20 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#529 (1983)	#517 (1990)	#517 (1990)	2 of 8	6 (1983–1990)	3 (1983)

Ciera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ciera in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ciera appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Ciera's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1983 and 2016, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #517, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cienna · #418, 22y
Cieran · #170, 31y
Cillian · #2, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Apryl · #517, 19y
Esmay · #517, 22y
Laya · #517, 20y
Leisha · #517, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Corrine · #516, 11y
Janna · #516, 28y
Jordanna · #516, 21y
Alvina · #519, 25y

Ciera was ranked #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ciera and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ciera without appearing here.

Ciera moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1715 and #3197.
Helene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #3285.
Debra Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1434 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1176 and #1543.
Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1176 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1165 and #1319.

Moved ahead of Ciera

Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #1689.
Diane Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #2717 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2649.
Luca Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2649.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2887.

Moved the opposite way to Ciera

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 while Alma went from #2096 to #529.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 while Alyssa went from #783 to #198.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 while Amalie went from #2096 to #703.

Moved the same way as Ciera

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #400.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1416.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Ciera went from #1434 to #5785 and Alex from #161 to #1416.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ciera

Ciera at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ciera across 2 official records

Ciera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ciera appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ciera at a glance

Ciera across 2 official records

Ciera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ciera appears in

What the record shows

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Ciera and the names beside it

Ciera moved ahead of

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