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Kira
Pronounced /kiːrə/
Rank in 2024
#456
Born in 2024
684
Peak year
2005 · #241
Origin
Persian
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 684 girls were named Kira, about 1 in every 2,358.
- It peaked in 2005 with 1,391 babies, ranked #241.
- It first shows up in the records in 1938.
- 40,018 girls have been named Kira since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kira per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 288 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,147 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,558 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 18,086 babies, 0.62 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,934 babies, 0.49 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].
- A female given name from Persian or Irish.
- Origin
- Persian
- Say it
- /kiːrə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kira, CC BY-SA 4.0.