Ceaira
Feminine
Ceaira is a young American name with a soft c and a gliding middle, close in sound to Ciara and Sierra. It is two or three syllables depending on who says it.
How old is the name Ceaira?
Ceaira first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Ceaira alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 600 people named Ceaira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ceaira most popular?
Ceaira peaked in 1992, reaching #2513 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ceaira
Ciara and Sierra both reached American parents in the same years, one from Irish and one from Spanish, and families spelled the shared sound in dozens of ways. Ceaira takes the soft c, puts the ea of sea after it and adds the -ira of Keira, making a spelling that is entirely its own. The sound was the point, and the letters followed.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Ceaira. It sounds like Ciara and Sierra, but its spelling follows neither, and no record says which a family had in mind.
Pronouncing Ceaira
see-AIR-uh
Most families say it like Sierra. Some say KEER-uh.
Nicknames for Ceaira
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1985
- Most girls named
- 199250 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2513reached in 1992
- Change vs 2013
- 0.0%5 in 2015, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ceairas among us
people named Ceaira are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ceaira sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like a familiar name.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- The spelling gives no clear guide to its sound, so she will explain it often.
- There is no recorded meaning to give when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ceairas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ceaira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ceaira in 2025?
- Ceaira is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Ceaira with classmates?
- Ceaira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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