Name meaning & stats
Kira
Kira means “throne, or ray of light (debated)” (Persian origin). 40,851 US babies since 1940, peak 2005.
What it means
“throne, or ray of light (debated)”
PersianDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2005
40,851 US babies were named Kira between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kira (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: 25% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2005)