Name meaning & stats
Ciara
Ciara means “dark-haired” (Irish origin). 34,883 US babies since 1940, peak 2005.
What it means
“dark-haired”
IrishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2005
34,883 US babies were named Ciara between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ciara (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 80% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2005)