NameTides

Kira

Kira was the #385 girls' name in the US in 2025 (801 babies), and #451 in England & Wales and #278 in Canada.

Kira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & WalesScotland
Kira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#385 (801)#451 (89)#632 (4)—#325 (12)#278 (113)
2024#455 (689)#510 (77)——#736 (4)#292 (104)
2023#429 (721)#477 (83)#749 (3)—#316 (12)#249 (115)
2022#390 (801)#518 (76)#625 (4)—#634 (5)#264 (114)
2021#384 (814)#483 (87)#652 (4)—#883 (3)#285 (113)
2020#385 (808)#445 (93)#765 (3)—#375 (10)#254 (117)
2019#383 (818)#623 (63)#560 (5)#263 (6)#621 (5)#356 (91)
2018#379 (829)#484 (89)#583 (5)—#361 (12)#302 (108)
2017#378 (821)#427 (103)#570 (5)#432 (3)#579 (6)#388 (86)
2016#369 (881)#409 (110)—#440 (3)#515 (7)#357 (97)
2015#361 (910)#560 (78)#416 (8)—#532 (7)#336 (102)
2014#349 (950)#415 (104)#430 (8)—#458 (9)#349 (97)
2013#355 (902)#450 (93)#564 (5)—#491 (8)#256 (128)
2012#358 (886)#487 (90)#467 (7)—#907 (3)#316 (102)
2011#333 (946)#414 (106)#674 (4)—#437 (10)#314 (106)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #241.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1938.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #231WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #484ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #916INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #294PANew Jersey: #372NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #201CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #337CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #546TXFlorida: #383FL
Kira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19460
Quebec2025#26322

Kira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KiraCanadaGirls#278113
KiraEngland & WalesGirls#45189
KiraIrelandGirls#32512
KiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KiraScotlandGirls#6324
KiraUSGirls#385801
KiraUSBoys—too few