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Ciara

OriginIrish
Meaning"little dark one"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#1408

2025 SSA

US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

About Ciara

Ciara is very popular in Ireland, more familiar here as the Anglicized Kiera or Keira. The uninitiated will tend to pronounce Ciara as the Italian Chiara, a form of Claire—kee-AHR-a or even see-AHR-a, like the American singer-songwriter Ciara. In the US, Ciara peaked in 2005, when it was the Number 150 name; it's since fallen down to Number 882.

Ciara is also given to boys.

Pronounced KEER-uh.

As of October 2026, Ciara ranked #1408 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #149 in 2005, Nameberry popularity #802.

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    American actress and singer

  • Ciara Johanna MetcalfeGirl

    Irish cricketer

  • Ciara WhelanGirl

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  • (CiaraGirl

    )Camile Roque Velasco, Filipina,American singer

Ciara in pop culture

  • Ciara HerreraGirl

    main female character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Undeniable Seduction” (pronounced Sierra).

  • Ciara BradyGirl

    character on American soap opera Days of Our Lives

  • CiaraGirl

    hyprid fomorian who becomes a priestess of Epona in 'Brighid's Quest' (PC Cast)

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