Girl's name
Kiara
Say it kee-AR-uh
Irish origin from Keira, black, dark, little dark one
3 syllables
Where Kiara is loved, common and rare
Common across Slovenia, Ontario, British Columbia and six more places. Rare in Switzerland, four German cities, France and ten more places.
1 in 743 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Slovenia 61stOntario 95thBritish Columbia 98th
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Every place
In 25 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (61st), Ontario (95th) and British Columbia (98th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 54th 2025 | 65 | rank only |
| Slovenia | 61st 2025 | 30 | about 1 in 220 |
| New South Wales state | 91st 2025 | 78 | rank only |
| Ontario province | 95th 2024 | 107 | about 1 in 509 |
| Hungary | 98th 2025 | 90 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 98th 2023 | 29 | about 1 in 412 |
| Switzerland | 104th 2025 | 67 | 1 in 507 |
| Munich city | 111th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 381 |
| France | 143rd 2025 | 385 | 1 in 745 |
| England and Wales | 144th 2025 | 341 | 1 in 743 |
| Austria | 146th 2025 | 42 | 1 in 851 |
| Sweden | 154th 2025 | 58 | about 1 in 693 |
| Quebec province | 162nd 2025 | 35 | about 1 in 743 |
| Catalonia region | 192nd 2025 | 21 | 1 in 918 |
| The Netherlands | 230th 2025 | 64 | about 1 in 953 |
| Cologne city | 258th 2023 | 4 | about 1 in 1,536 |
| Poland | 266th 2025 | 18 | 1 in 6,655 |
| Scotland | 272nd 2025 | 13 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Ireland | 294th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,509 |
| Berlin city | 385th 2023 | 8 | about 1 in 1,813 |
| Italy | 471st 2024 | 27 | 1 in 6,636 |
| Croatia | 46th 2025 | 98 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 95th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 437 |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Norway, Spain and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Kiara is linked to Keira, a name of Irish origin, and it carries that name's meaning, 'black, dark, little dark one'. No separate etymology is recorded for this spelling.
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It has three syllables, kee-AR-uh. Keira and Ciara are related names, Chiara and Kaira are listed among its variants.
Kiara is used in New Zealand, New South Wales and Ontario, and in Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary. The French records place its peak in 2024, and it is rising in 15 places and falling in none, so it is a name with strong momentum across several countries.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- kee-AR-uh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
- from Keira,
black, dark, little dark one
- Origin
- Irish
- Other spellings
- Keira
- Ciara
- Kara
- Chiara
- Chaira
- Kaira
Over time
Over five years: rising in 15 of 21 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 315 | 270 | 223 | 204 | 217 | 235 | 227 | 175 | 181 | 144 |
| Scotland | 276 | 347 | 301 | 322 | 229 | 236 | 215 | 250 | 230 | 272 |
| Northern Ireland | 353 | 296 | 397 | 354 | 227 | |||||
| Ireland | 868 | 471 | 896 | 621 | 444 | 336 | 458 | 445 | 504 | 294 |
| Ontario | 212 | 173 | 171 | 122 | 122 | 100 | 115 | 81 | 95 | |
| British Columbia | 376 | 369 | 210 | 210 | 122 | 131 | 150 | 98 | ||
| New South Wales | 97 | 94 | 91 | |||||||
| Victoria | 85 | 66 | 94 | 74 | 95 | |||||
| South Australia | 150 | 320 | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 70 | 73 | 82 | 80 | 70 | 66 | 62 | 54 | ||
| Quebec | 334 | 360 | 258 | 330 | 262 | 240 | 301 | 170 | 182 | 162 |
| France | 286 | 292 | 257 | 240 | 161 | 152 | 159 | 138 | 122 | 143 |
| The Netherlands | 582 | 410 | 392 | 314 | 337 | 298 | 291 | 367 | 230 | |
| Austria | 264 | 240 | 227 | 227 | 211 | 186 | 214 | 185 | 183 | 146 |
| Switzerland | 162 | 140 | 112 | 141 | 140 | 100 | 182 | 87 | 116 | 104 |
| Berlin | 360 | 379 | 432 | 360 | 436 | 255 | 231 | 385 | ||
| Munich | 239 | 162 | 159 | 137 | 227 | 200 | 127 | 111 | ||
| Cologne | 470 | 219 | 254 | 238 | 216 | 435 | 318 | 258 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 222 | 226 | 357 | 124 | 117 | 115 | 141 | 382 | |
| Leipzig | 152 | 411 | 263 | 243 | 265 | 361 | 178 | 95 | ||
| Rostock | 283 | 199 | 202 | 105 | 158 | 92 | ||||
| Sweden | 394 | 395 | 234 | 303 | 274 | 248 | 240 | 178 | 179 | 154 |
| Catalonia | 238 | 272 | 246 | 235 | 231 | 234 | 280 | 271 | 188 | 192 |
| Italy | 530 | 542 | 758 | 406 | 471 | |||||
| Poland | 569 | 437 | 301 | 369 | 309 | 330 | 389 | 346 | 328 | 266 |
| Hungary | 69 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 96 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 98 | |
| Slovenia | 73 | 75 | 85 | 100 | 88 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 51 | 61 |
| Croatia | 49 | 46 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | 341 | 134.6 |
| 2024 | 181 | 268 | 103.9 |
| 2023 | 175 | 295 | 115.0 |
| 2022 | 227 | 206 | 78.2 |
| 2021 | 235 | 213 | 77.7 |
| 2020 | 217 | 219 | 81.6 |
| 2019 | 204 | 242 | 86.4 |
| 2018 | 223 | 228 | 79.1 |
| 2017 | 270 | 183 | 61.2 |
| 2016 | 315 | 157 | 51.1 |
| 2015 | 395 | 116 | 37.7 |
| 2014 | 330 | 138 | 45.0 |
| 2013 | 390 | 111 | 36.0 |
| 2012 | 368 | 130 | 40.4 |
| 2011 | 355 | 134 | 41.7 |
| 2010 | 351 | 131 | 40.8 |
| 2009 | 370 | 116 | 37.0 |
| 2008 | 353 | 126 | 39.9 |
| 2007 | 355 | 123 | 40.2 |
| 2006 | 343 | 126 | 42.1 |
| 2005 | 345 | 116 | 40.2 |
| 2004 | 372 | 102 | 35.7 |
| 2003 | 408 | 88 | 31.6 |
| 2002 | 394 | 84 | 31.4 |
| 2001 | 372 | 87 | 32.5 |
| 2000 | 328 | 105 | 38.4 |
| 1999 | 383 | 84 | 29.8 |
| 1998 | 898 | 24 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 1015 | 20 | 6.8 |
| 1996 | 869 | 25 | 8.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Kiara in France since 1925 were born in or after 2016. First recorded in 1993. Her peak year there: 2024, at 151.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Kiara per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2024 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Kiara
1 in 1,634 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 688 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
1 in 344 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 599 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 436 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Kiara.
1 in 108 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Kiara.
Middle names for Kiara
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Kiara Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials KC
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Kiara Sophie
3-2 beats · initials KS
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Kiara Grace
3-1 beats · initials KG
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Kiara Olivia
3-4 beats · initials KO · Kiara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Kiara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Kiara Mia
3-2 beats · initials KM
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Kiara Ruby
3-2 beats · initials KR
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Kiara Rose
3-1 beats · initials KR
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
Kiara Anna
3-2 beats · initials KA · Kiara slides into Anna: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Kiara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables. Kiara slides into Anna: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Kiara
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 188 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 190 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,583 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Kiara across countries and decades.
Famous people named Kiara
Kiara Advani.
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Indian film actress born 1991
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Kiara
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Kiara?
Her best rank is No. 46 in Croatia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 25 of our 40 regions.
What does Kiara mean?
Kiara takes her meaning from Keira: "black, dark, little dark one", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Kiara?
kee-AR-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Kiara getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 15 of 21 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Kiara?
The deck's top five sisters for Kiara: Anya, Maryam, Aaliyah, Leia and Ariana. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.