Infographic of Kira name meaning, which is A variant of Ciara, Kira is an Irish name meaning black.
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Kira Name Popularity

How popular is the name Kira? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
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1914 — 0 0%
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1918 — 0 0%
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1920 — 0 0%
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1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 2,096 5 0.0003%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 2,411 5 0.0003%
1962 1,688 13 0.0007%
1963 1,637 15 0.0008%
1964 1,456 22 0.0012%
1965 1,288 31 0.0019%
1966 1,092 48 0.0031%
1967 1,159 40 0.0026%
1968 1,099 49 0.0033%
1969 1,000 69 0.0045%
1970 1,029 70 0.0044%
1971 1,039 68 0.0045%
1972 1,165 47 0.0035%
1973 1,029 64 0.0049%
1974 745 141 0.0108%
1975 625 199 0.0155%
1976 912 94 0.0073%
1977 948 95 0.007%
1978 1,123 68 0.0051%
1979 960 99 0.007%
1980 785 152 0.0104%
1981 513 343 0.0233%
1982 270 879 0.0588%
1983 397 516 0.035%
1984 307 746 0.0501%
1985 385 547 0.036%
1986 454 432 0.0286%
1987 424 488 0.032%
1988 420 504 0.0323%
1989 519 412 0.0255%
1990 538 396 0.0239%
1991 468 483 0.0296%
1992 431 543 0.034%
1993 391 615 0.0394%
1994 379 635 0.0414%
1995 385 653 0.0433%
1996 374 684 0.0457%
1997 324 862 0.0583%
1998 273 1,117 0.0746%
1999 282 1,088 0.0727%
2000 297 1,056 0.0691%
2001 284 1,073 0.0712%
2002 274 1,115 0.0744%
2003 282 1,067 0.0701%
2004 276 1,164 0.0764%
2005 240 1,376 0.09%
2006 247 1,343 0.0858%
2007 265 1,258 0.0797%
2008 249 1,357 0.0878%
2009 289 1,103 0.0738%
2010 304 1,022 0.0709%
2011 322 931 0.0653%
2012 349 864 0.0606%
2013 348 872 0.0612%
2014 343 916 0.0629%
2015 356 875 0.0601%
2016 352 870 0.0603%
2017 379 759 0.0544%
2018 364 778 0.0566%
2019 367 778 0.0575%
2020 392 743 0.0584%
2021 401 698 0.0571%
2022 403 744 0.0564%

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Names Like Kira

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What names are variants of Kira?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Kira.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Keera

Lord

Greek

Kiera

Lord

Greek

Kierra

Black; lord

Irish

Kiria

Lord

Greek

Kiriah

Lord

Greek

Kiriana

Lord

Greek

Kirra

Lord

Greek

Kirya

Lord

Greek

What names sound like Kira?

If you like how Kira sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Kira.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Kaira

Beloved; friend; lord

Latin

Kara

A short form of Karen.

Latin

Keira

Black

Irish

Kera

Black

Irish

Kiara

Black

Irish

Kiri
Kora

Maiden

Greek

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6 Comments

  1. kira peaked in 2005 – the death note manga came to the us in 2005.

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  2. In Japanese Kira translates to “sparkly”

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  3. Was named Kira when I was born in 1957. My father had a younger cousin with same name. That was when phonics was taught. It is pronounced with long I sound. Kiiiiiiira

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  4. I loved the name kira

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    • Okay, so my name is Kira and I am half Irish, half African. If Irish people are white, and my name means black in Irish, isn’t that racist???? My mom thought she was being funny lol

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      • Ya ur mom isn’t being funny

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