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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kira” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kira” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kira” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kira” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kira” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kira” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 100%
1963 44 0.000011116 44 100%
1964 63 0.000016205 63 100%
1965 58 0.000015998 58 100%
1966 85 0.000024456 85 100%
1967 81 0.000023859 81 100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 100%
1969 119 0.000034241 119 100%
1970 121 0.00003355 121 100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 100%
1972 104 0.000033089 104 100%
1973 123 0.000040771 123 100%
1974 193 0.000063487 193 100%
1975 258 0.000085448 258 100%
1976 146 0.000048117 146 100%
1977 144 0.000045333 144 100%
1978 134 0.00004222 134 100%
1979 153 0.000045987 153 100%
1980 209 0.000060676 209 100%
1981 393 0.000113604 393 100%
1982 897 0.000255704 891 6 99%
1983 555 0.00016025 555 100%
1984 771 0.000220996 766 5 99%
1985 596 0.000166988 591 5 98%
1986 492 0.000138316 492 100%
1987 530 0.000146993 530 100%
1988 559 0.000151284 559 100%
1989 476 0.000123815 476 100%
1990 449 0.0001136 449 100%
1991 531 0.000136319 531 100%
1992 586 0.000152554 586 100%
1993 656 0.000173992 656 100%
1994 676 0.000181835 676 100%
1995 682 0.000186229 682 100%
1996 725 0.000198783 725 100%
1997 892 0.000246018 892 100%
1998 1136 0.000308846 1136 100%
1999 1106 0.000299415 1106 100%
2000 1092 0.000288896 1092 100%
2001 1093 0.000291981 1093 100%
2002 1126 0.000301207 1126 100%
2003 1084 0.000285089 1084 100%
2004 1190 0.000311443 1184 6 99%
2005 1396 0.000363084 1391 5 99%
2006 1362 0.000344271 1362 100%
2007 1266 0.000316683 1266 100%
2008 1370 0.000348542 1370 100%
2009 1117 0.000292395 1117 100%
2010 1036 0.000280323 1036 100%
2011 946 0.000258626 946 100%
2012 885 0.000241977 885 100%
2013 901 0.000247143 901 100%
2014 950 0.000256315 950 100%
2015 910 0.000245885 910 100%
2016 881 0.00024014 881 100%
2017 821 0.000229574 821 100%
2018 829 0.000235786 829 100%
2019 818 0.000235671 818 100%
2020 808 0.000241874 808 100%
2021 813 0.000239968 813 100%
2022 801 0.000236763 801 100%
2023 718 0.00021684 718 100%
2024 684 0.000205498 684 100%

Explore other names

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  1. Kipten
  2. Kiptin
  3. Kipton
  4. Kiptyn
  5. Kiptynn
  6. Kira (this page)
  7. Kirah
  8. Kiralee
  9. Kiralyn
  10. Kiralynn
  11. Kiram