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Kira

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

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

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #140 to #623.200020052010201520202025#140#623
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#225
1997#158
1998#157
1999#143
2000#140
2001#141
2002#143
2003#149
2004#185
2005#206
2006#243
2007#286
2008#310
2009#346
2010#342
2011#414
2012#487
2013#450
2014#415
2015#560
2016#409
2017#427
2018#484
2019#623
2020#445
2021#483
2022#518
2023#477
2024#510
2025#451

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 37 of the 41 years from 1985 to 2025.

In 2025: #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #356 among girls in Norway, #451 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1985–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1985

    First recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2025

    Highest recorded position: #140 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2025).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #451 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #140 in England and Wales in 2000.

Kira'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#45189HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#51077HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#47783HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#51876HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#48387HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#44593HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#62363HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#48489HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#427103HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#409110HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#56078HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#415104HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#45093HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#48790HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#414106HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#342134HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#346126HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#310151HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#286165HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#243195HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#206228HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#185263HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#149324HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#143315HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#141323HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#140337HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#143329HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#157292HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#158289HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#225181HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#2636HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#4323HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#4403HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#3773HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#3433HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#3583HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#3569HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#33910HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#32811HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#4505HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#3967HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#4974HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#4137HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#4327HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#4059HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#33514HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#4169HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#4906HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#4229HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#36212HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#5445HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#35013HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#4897HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#29117HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#32714HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#4149HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#4607HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#4527HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#6004HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#37610HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#5106HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#6614HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#32512HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#7364HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#31612HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#6345HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#8833HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#37510HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#6215HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#36112HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#5796HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#5157HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#5327HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#4589HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#4918HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#9073HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#43710HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#9103HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#8933HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#6655HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#5496HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#5874HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#27213HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#26313HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#3747HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#3358HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#26112HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#4394HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandfemale#3805HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#4405HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#3278HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#3388HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#3388HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#5173HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#4454HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#4923HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandfemale#3866HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#5213HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#3259HighVerified

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

Where Kira is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Kira, between 1985 and 2025, in 39 of those 41 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2000NorwayNorway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2008England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2000Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: highest position in 201919852025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Republic of Ireland1985–202537#261 in 2000
Norway1990–202526#291 in 2008
England and Wales1996–202530#140 in 2000
Northern Ireland1997–20196#263 in 2019

Its high point came 19 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2000) than in Northern Ireland (2019).

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What is known about Kira

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1985–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #140 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.