Kira
Kira is ranked 455th among girls in 2024 (684 births). Its best rank was 241st, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #455down 26 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6840.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 20051,391 births
- Best rank
- #241in 2005
- Since 1938
- 40,018people given the name
The story in the numbers
40,018 girls have been named Kira in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 1,391 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 349 → 455).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 30%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kira | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 88 | |
| 1960s | 627 | |
| 1970s | 1,506 | |
| 1980s | 5,462 | |
| 1990s | 7,439 | |
| 2000s | 12,085 | |
| 2010s | 8,977 | |
| 2020s | 3,824 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Kira was the 241st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2005 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail and Olivia. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Kira
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lamiapeak 2004
- Priyapeak 2014
- Talayapeak 2005
- Kalenapeak 2017
- Keilapeak 2006
- Emanpeak 2001
- Janaipeak 2006
- Vypeak 2008
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.