Kiara

What Kiara means

Variant of Keira, meaning “black, dark, little dark one”

variant of Keira || A modern feminine form of Kieran, from Irish ciar (“black, dark, little dark one”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Kiara” (revision 93770828) and “Keira” (revision 89361687), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kiara?

US: Rising: up from #398 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #395 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 4,024 girls got the name (#78 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 1,204 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 743 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,376 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), HI (3.73 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kiara is #229 in the US and #144 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kiara were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kiera219 US · 37 E&W
• Kiari104 US · 3 E&W
• Kierra46 US
• Kiarah43 US · 3 E&W
• Keari38 US
• Kiora35 US
• Kiori34 US
• Kiarra18 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kiara

Girls

• Meredith#469“great lord”^*
• Sabrina#321Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1997, with 5,816 babies; 956 in 2025
• Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025

For a brother

• Morgan#559Editor’s note Up from #671 in 2015 to #559 in 2025 in the US
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Trevor#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 6,598 babies; 400 in 2025
• Brian#339Same root as Brendan, meaning “prince, king”^*
• Oscar#223Editor’s note Down from #181 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Sean#489“God is gracious”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kiara’s. Rank is US 2025.