Meaning and history
Kiara is a variant of Ciara or Chiara. It came to public attention in 1988 when the singing duo Kiara released the song This Time, and it was later further popularized by a character in the 1998 animated film The Lion King II.
20062006: 1,906 births, rank #184
2007: 1,621 births, rank #212
2008: 1,422 births, rank #242
2009: 1,158 births, rank #284
2010: 984 births, rank #326
20112011: 988 births, rank #318
2012: 921 births, rank #345
2013: 1,037 births, rank #308
2014: 925 births, rank #353
2015: 817 births, rank #398
20162016: 855 births, rank #384
2017: 889 births, rank #356
2018: 962 births, rank #336
2019: 1,093 births, rank #301
2020: 1,037 births, rank #307
20212021: 990 births, rank #332
2022: 1,223 births, rank #251
2023: 1,304 births, rank #230
2024: 1,312 births, rank #238
20252025: 1,335 births, rank #229
Kiara rose from #238 to #229 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1999, with 4,024 births.