Siara
Feminine · “dark”
Siara respells Ciara, the Irish feminine of Ciar — dark — and Saint Ciara founded a monastery in Tipperary.
How old is the name Siara?
Siara first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Siara alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 2,100 people named Siara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Siara most popular?
Siara peaked in 2024, reaching #1708 nationally. Today it ranks #2387, 679 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ciar to Siara
The story of Siara
Ciar means dark, and Irish naming built a family on it — Ciara, Ciarán, Kieran. Saint Ciara founded a monastery at Kilkeary in the seventh century. The Ciara spelling defeats English speakers, and Siara is one of several respellings in American records in current use.
Meaning
dark, black-haired
Through Ciara, the feminine of Ciar, from the Irish ciar, 'dark' or 'black'. The same root gives Ciarán and Kieran. The Si- respelling is modern American and reflects the pronunciation. The Irish is ordinary and undisputed.
How the name formed
- ciar
- Ciara
- Siara
Related forms: Ciara · Sierra · Ciarra
Pronouncing Siara
see-AR-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Irish Ciara is KEE-ah-ra with a hard c.
Nicknames for Siara
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
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 2024119 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1708reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −37.0%75 in 2025, from 119
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.
Siara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ciara in Irish — spelling variant
- Sierra in English — related form
- Ciarra in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Siaras among us
people named Siara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was named Siara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Siara
- #2387
- Siara on the 2025 chart
- #674
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Siara went to 75 girls in 2025, but Ciara, Siyara and Siarah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 296, which makes it the 674th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,713 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 5,430 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,430 for Siara 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 Marrissa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Siara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marrissa climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marrissa's path sketches the road Siara is walking now.
Siara 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 Siara is headed
Siara is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 63% more babies given the name than today.
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.
Siara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Siara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The dark meaning is concrete and undisputed.
- Sia and Ara are two short forms, both with real use.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- Irish Ciara is said with a hard c, quite differently.
- Sierra is a separate Spanish word often confused with it.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Siaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Siara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Siara?
- Siara is one of 6 recorded spellings. Ciara is the more common one — 155 births in 2025 against 75 for Siara.
- How popular is the name Siara in 2025?
- Siara ranks #2387 among US girl names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Siara?
- About 1 in every 21,430 US girls born in 2025 was named Siara — 75 in all.
- Will my child share the name Siara with classmates?
- Siara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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