Kiera

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kiera: Recorded since 1973, it reached #91 in 2004, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
98times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#197
1997	#176
1998	#151
1999	#139
2000	#124
2001	#125
2002	#121
2003	#120
2004	#91
2005	#92
2006	#103
2007	#123
2008	#148
2009	#155
2010	#186
2011	#222
2012	#277
2013	#293
2014	#365
2015	#368
2016	#364
2017	#467
2018	#553
2019	#641
2020	#624
2021	#734
2022	#718
2023	#865
2024	#795

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 Republic of Ireland in 48 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #91 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kiera appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 479 births with the name.

Kiera across 3 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.

Kiera'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#160 (2005)	#885 (2025)	48 of 53	479 (1973–2025)	28 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#197 (1996)	#91 (2004)	#795 (2024)	29 of 29	7,218 (1996–2024)	588 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#117 (2004)	#407 (2024)	20 of 28	146 (1997–2024)	16 (2004)

Kiera by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kiera in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	22	4 of 10	6
1980s	108	10 of 10	11
1990s	94	10 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	141	10 of 10	14
2010s	98	10 of 10	10
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kiera 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 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in England and Wales in 2004.

Kiera'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#795	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#865	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#718	51	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#734	51	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#624	61	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#641	61	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#553	75	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#467	94	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#364	128	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#368	123	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#365	123	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#293	160	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#277	178	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#222	227	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#186	275	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#155	350	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#148	366	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#123	455	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#103	518	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#92	588	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#91	574	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#120	410	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#121	382	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#125	375	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#124	391	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#139	334	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#151	307	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#176	252	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#197	221	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#228	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#139	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#117	16	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#174	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	28	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 588 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 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.

Kiefer · #302, 26y
Kielan · #390, 22y
Kieran · #26, 62y
Kiernan · #155, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Cathy · #92, 54y
Leigh · #92, 55y
Kara · #93, 54y
Darrell · #96, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kara · #93, 54y
Damon · #88, 37y
Naoise · #88, 50y
Sheree · #94, 24y

Kiera was ranked #91 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Kiera 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 Kiera without appearing here.

Kiera moved ahead of

Christina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #865 and #865 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #795 and #1302.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #536 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #235 and #677.
Carol Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #235 and #576.
Tracy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #362 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #235 and #576.

Moved ahead of Kiera

Kylie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #524 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #629 and #336.
Luca Compare
In 2020 they stood at #524 and #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #883 and #661.
Vanessa Compare
In 2020 they stood at #624 and #665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #734 and #517.
Brooke Compare
In 1999 they stood at #294 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #324.

Moved the opposite way to Kiera

Abigail Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 while Abigail went from #374 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 while Alexandra went from #271 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 while Alice went from #140 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 while Anna went from #64 to #26.

Moved the same way as Kiera

Audrey Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 and Audrey from #47 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 and Eileen from #46 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 and Ida from #508 to #885.
Martina Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kiera went from #508 to #885 and Martina from #15 to #325.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kiera

Kiera at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiera across 3 official records

Kiera by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kiera appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kiera

Kiera and the names beside it

Kiera moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kiera

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Kiera at a glance

Kiera across 3 official records

Kiera by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kiera appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kiera

Kiera and the names beside it

Kiera moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kiera

Moved the opposite way to Kiera

Moved the same way as Kiera