How Many People Are Named Kiara?
An estimated 54,792 people in the United States have the first name Kiara. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Kiara peaked in popularity in 1999 with 4,024 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kiara as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kiara paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Kiara is overwhelmingly female, 221 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
54,792
About 1 in 6,256 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.6% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1999
4,024 births
Total Registered
55,947
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kiara
Kiara is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 55,947 total births registered, 99.6% were female.
Kiara as a male name
Ranked #11,418 in 2006
6 male births in 2006
Peak: 1989 (114 births)
Kiara as a female name
Ranked #238 in 2024
1,310 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (4,024 births)
Kiara: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kiara span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 18,938 babies were registered. While Kiara is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kiara by Decade
How has Kiara tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kiara by State
Birth registrations for Kiara span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Wyoming, Vermont, Montana. On average, about 1,068 Kiaras were registered per state.
Kiara + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kiara as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kiara
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kiara: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kiara?
We estimate approximately 54,792 people named Kiara are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,256 Americans share this first name.
Is Kiara a common name?
Kiara is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 55,947 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kiara most popular?
Kiara reached peak popularity in 1999, when 4,024 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kiara is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kiara a female name?
Kiara is predominantly female. 99.6% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kiara Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kiara Smith, Kiara Johnson, Kiara Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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