Siara
Siara was the 2406th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1715th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,598 places. More babies were named Siara in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Ciara) "dark-haired" · Irish
- Rank in 2025
- #2,406 girls, up 1,747 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 75girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024119 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,132babies recorded
What does the name Siara mean?
Siara is a spelling of Ciara, pronounced the same way, so it shares Ciara's meaning and origin.
Ciara is a modern Irish feminine of Ciarán, a name built from ciar, "black, dark", with a diminutive ending, so "little dark one". Wikipedia also mentions a 7th-century Irish Saint Ciara. In Irish it is said KEER-uh, and it is often spelled Keira or Kiara in English. In the US the R&B singer Ciara made it popular in the mid-2000s, when many Americans say see-AIR-uh.
ciar (Irish, “black, dark”)-án (Irish, “diminutive suffix”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Ciarán, Kiara, Keira, Kieran, Ciaran.
See also: Irish names, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Ciara', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Ciarán', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Ciara (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Siara popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,406 | 75 |
| 2020 | #4,153 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,174 | 36 |
| 2000 | #2,088 | 79 |
| 1990 | #2,951 | 39 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
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How popular is Siara, counting every spelling?
Siara is a spelling of Ciara, a name family that ranked #978 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,406 for Siara on its own. Together these spellings went to 246 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciara | 155 | #1,408 | 901 |
| Siara | 75 | #2,406 | 394 |
| Siarah | 10 | #10,009 | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Siara?
75 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Siara (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Siara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 112 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Siara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Siara?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Siara are alive today, with a median age of 22; half are between 9 and 30. That makes Siara mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Siara by state
How common Siara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (3.4×), New York (3.4×), Florida (1.6×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Siara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Siara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Siara
What does Siara mean?
Siara is a spelling of Ciara, which means “"dark-haired"” (Irish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Siara?
Siara was the 2406th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1715th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,598 places. More babies were named Siara in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Siara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Siara in the US.
Where is Siara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Siara was most common in New Jersey (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Florida.