Kira

femaleStatistical record

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.

Kira: Recorded since 1985, it reached #140 in 2000, and it stood at #325 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
98times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#140highest recorded position
19groupings 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	#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

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.

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

Popularity journey

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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #140 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #356 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Kira appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1985, and has registered 253 births with the name.

Kira across 4 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.

Kira'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	#325 (1985)	#261 (2000)	#325 (2025)	37 of 41	253 (1985–2025)	13 (2003)
Norway · Girls	#661 (1990)	#291 (2008)	#356 (2025)	26 of 36	222 (1990–2025)	17 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#225 (1996)	#140 (2000)	#510 (2024)	29 of 29	4,904 (1996–2024)	337 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#263 (2019)	#263 (2019)	6 of 23	21 (1997–2019)	6 (2019)

Kira 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 Kira in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	25	5 of 10	5
1990s	41	7 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	71	9 of 10	8
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	46	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Kira 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 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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#510	77	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#477	83	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#518	76	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#483	87	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#445	93	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#623	63	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#484	89	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#427	103	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#409	110	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#560	78	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#415	104	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#450	93	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#487	90	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#414	106	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#342	134	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#346	126	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#310	151	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#286	165	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#243	195	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#206	228	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#185	263	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#149	324	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#143	315	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#141	323	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#140	337	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#143	329	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#157	292	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#158	289	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#225	181	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#356	9	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#339	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#450	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#396	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#497	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#413	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#432	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#405	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#335	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#416	9	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#490	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#422	9	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#362	12	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#544	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#350	13	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#489	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#327	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#460	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#452	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#600	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#376	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#661	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	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	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1985 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #140, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 337 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1990, and 12 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.

Kinza · #840, 29y
Kion · #1097, 25y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Kirat · #1491, 17y

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.

Daniella · #141, 39y
Mac · #139, 41y
Rohan · #139, 34y
Arron · #138, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Daniella · #141, 39y
Winnie · #142, 34y
Bastian · #143, 40y
Martyna · #143, 41y

Kira was ranked #140 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. 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.

Kira 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 Kira without appearing here.

Kira moved ahead of

Cassandra Compare
In 2024 they stood at #736 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #325 and #885.
Elin Compare
In 2024 they stood at #736 and #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #325 and #885.
Jenny Compare
In 2024 they stood at #736 and #631 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #325 and #885.
Teresa Compare
In 2024 they stood at #736 and #631 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #325 and #885.

Moved ahead of Kira

Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #361 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #180.
Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #484 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #623 and #218.
Caitlin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #316 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #736 and #342.
Heidi Compare
In 2004 they stood at #272 and #370 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #587 and #263.

Moved the opposite way to Kira

Alexandra Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 while Alexandra went from #135 to #212.
Andrea Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 while Andrea went from #42 to #98.
Anita Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 while Anita went from #72 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 while Anne went from #11 to #159.

Moved the same way as Kira

Ada Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 and Ada from #403 to #18.
Amalie Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 and Amalie from #203 to #25.
Annie Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 and Annie from #466 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kira went from #661 to #356 and Åse from #209 to #93.

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 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #140 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kira

Kira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kira across 4 official records

Kira by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Kira and the names beside it

Kira moved ahead of

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Kira at a glance

Kira across 4 official records

Kira by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kira

Kira and the names beside it

Kira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kira

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