Kirra
Feminine
Kirra is an Australian place name — a beach on the Gold Coast — and the Aboriginal meanings attached to it are not securely documented.
How old is the name Kirra?
Kirra first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Kirra alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,600 people named Kirra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kirra most popular?
Kirra peaked in 2008, reaching #1238 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 3,222 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kirra
Ours, offered as ours. Australia had more than two hundred and fifty distinct languages before colonization, and a name list that says a word is Aboriginal without saying which language is saying almost nothing — it is the equivalent of calling a word European. Kirra the beach is real and its name probably does come from a local language, most likely Yugambeh. What it means is a question for that community rather than for a name list.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Glosses such as boomerang and leaf, attributed to unspecified Aboriginal languages, circulate without support; Australia has hundreds of distinct languages and an unattributed attribution is not evidence. The place name is genuine.
Pronouncing Kirra
KEER-ah
Two syllables, first stressed. Australian usage gives the same shape.
Nicknames for Kirra
Moderate
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
- 1975
- Most girls named
- 2008203 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1238reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +14.8%31 in 2025, from 27
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.
Kirra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kira in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida.
Kirras among us
people named Kirra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Kirra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kirra
- #4460
- Kirra on the 2025 chart
- #262
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kirra went to 31 girls in 2025, but Kira, Kyra and Kyrah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 1,240, which makes it the 262nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,198 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 1,296 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 51,847 for Kirra itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kirra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nisha climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nisha's path sketches the road Kirra is walking now.
Kirra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kirra is headed
Kirra is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kirra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kirra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A real place with a genuine local name behind it.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- The meanings circulated for it are unattributed and unsupported.
- Kirra, Kira and Keira are all close and get confused.
- Claiming an Aboriginal meaning without naming a language is worth avoiding.
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Feminine · #4460 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kirras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Kirra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kirra?
- Kirra is one of 6 recorded spellings. Kira is the more common one — 801 births in 2025 against 31 for Kirra.
- How popular is the name Kirra in 2025?
- Kirra ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kirra?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Kirra — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kirra with classmates?
- Kirra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kirra
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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