Kierra is a girl's name of English origin meaning “dark.” In 2024 it was given to 55 girls in the United States.
Kierra belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “dark” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Kiara.
In the United States, Kierra first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #316 in 1995, and in 2024 55 babies received the name — 15,616 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kierra means “dark” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kierra is a girl name. In 2024, 55 babies received the name in the US.
Kierra comes from the English & American tradition. It is also spelled Kiara.
Kierra first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #316 in 1995, and 55 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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