Cierra
Cierra is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cierra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cierra is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cierra
Cierra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 1,687 births, good for #181 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Cierras. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,138 among baby girl names with 51 births, gradually falling (-10%). In total, more than 28K Cierras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cierra
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About the name Cierra
Cierra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 28K births in the dataset. Cierra's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #180. Use the chart and map above to compare Cierra's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.