Ciara
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Ciara is the Irish feminine of Ciaran and means “black” or “dark.” Ciara is also read as “dark beauty” or “little and dark-skinned.” Pronunciation varies between kee-AH-rah and KEER-ah, and the name has steadily grown in popularity since the 1980s.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Irish Names for Children, 10,000 Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Ciara in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Ciara against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Ciara is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Ciara in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 155 girls were named Ciara, making it the #1406 girls' name in the US. Since 1972, 34,876 girls have been named Ciara, with the most (2,325) in 2005. It is most common, relative to births, in Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| England and Wales | #894 girls | 39 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Ireland | #106 girls | 44 | Central Statistics Office (CSO), 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (English-speaking) | #191 girls | 9 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (Irish-speaking) | #191 girls | 9 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Scotland | #226 girls | 16 | National Records of Scotland (NRS), 2025 |
| Sweden | #436 girls | 15 | Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), 2025 |
| Kosovo | #891 girls (all ages) | 5 | Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK), name search tool based on Civil Registration Agency data, 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Ciara
There are 3 towns and villages with Ciara in their name, in 2 countries.
🇮🇩 Indonesia 2🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Ciara | Central Java, 🇮🇩 Indonesia | – | Map |
| Ciara | Banten, 🇮🇩 Indonesia | – | Map |
| High Ciara Mobile Home Park | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Ciara songs
One song on Wikidata has Ciara in its title:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Ciara
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Ciara.
Ciara Grant
Fictional characters named Ciara
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Ciara as a pet name
FurryName has found 55 dogs named Ciara in public pet registers, making it the #1,965 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Worcester (2), Framingham (1), Burnside (1). Ciara as a dog name →
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