Kira
Rank in 2025
#385
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
801
girls 801
Peak year
2005
1,391 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
40,856
since 1938
Born a Kira? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kira was most popular in 2005, when 1,391 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.75 per 1,000). In 2025, 801 babies were named Kira, ranking #385 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 801 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 689 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 721 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 801 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 814 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 808 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 818 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 829 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 821 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 881 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 910 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 950 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 902 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 886 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 946 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,036 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,117 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,370 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,266 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,362 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,391 | 241 | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | 1,184 | 275 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 1,084 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,126 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,093 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,092 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,106 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,136 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 892 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 725 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 682 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 676 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 656 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 586 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 531 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 449 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 476 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 559 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 530 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 492 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 591 | 385 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 766 | 309 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 555 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 891 | 273 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 393 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 209 | 784 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 152 | 957 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 134 | 1014 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 144 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 146 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 258 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 193 | 738 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 123 | 963 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 104 | 1090 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 130 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 121 | 1020 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 119 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 89 | 1133 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 81 | 1182 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 85 | 1153 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 58 | 1448 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 63 | 1419 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 44 | 1738 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 33 | 2031 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 28 | 2250 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 27 | 2246 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 13 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 22 | 2449 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 12 | 3489 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 17 | 2826 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | 4655 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 11 | 3372 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years