Sierra

What Sierra means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sierra yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 5,841 babies; 476 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sierra?

US: Falling: down from #404 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 5,841 girls got the name (#51 that year). First in the US records in 1940.

How common

• About 1 in 3,377 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,277 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 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 SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.71 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.09 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Sierra is #614 in the US and #763 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 Sierra were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cierra63 US · 4 E&W
• Zaierra13 US
• Siera7 US · 5 E&W
• Ciera8 US
• Sierrah5 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Cierra

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Sierra

Girls

• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Brianna#222Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025

For a brother

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Antonio#176Same root as Anthony, meaning “flower”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Alex#232Short form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sierra’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.