Fun Facts About the Name Siara
- More than 2 thousand babies named Siara: U.S. records list 2,131 babies given the name Siara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Siara Mean?
Siara is a feminine given name used in English-speaking countries, most often treated as a respelling of Sierra. Sierra comes from Spanish sierra, meaning "mountain range" or "saw-toothed ridge," which in turn comes from Latin serra, "a saw." The underlying image is a chain of jagged peaks. A second and less common explanation links Siara to the Irish name Ciara, from the adjective ciar, "dark" or "black," commonly understood as "dark-haired." These two derivations give genuinely different literal meanings, so the sense of Siara depends on which name the spelling is taken to represent.
Siara Name History & Origins
The word behind Sierra is Spanish sierra, "saw" or "mountain range," inherited from Latin serra. Spanish speakers applied it to mountain chains in the Americas, and English speakers later drew the word into use as a girl's name. Spellings such as Siara and Siarra are phonetic renderings of that same pronunciation, in the way English names are often respelled to match sound rather than a standard form.
The Irish name Ciara has a separate history. It comes from the Old Irish adjective ciar, "dark, black," and was borne by early Irish saints, including Saint Ciara of Kilkeary in County Tipperary. In Ireland, Ciara is pronounced KEER-uh. When the name was carried into other English-speaking countries, it was frequently anglicized with a SEE-air-uh pronunciation, bringing its sound close to Sierra. That overlap is why a spelling like Siara is sometimes understood as a form of Ciara rather than of Sierra, and the two possible origins cannot always be told apart on sound alone.
How Popular is the Name Siara?
Siara has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,709 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,406 | 75 | 0.0047% |
| 2024 | #1,709 | 119 | 0.0074% |
| 2023 | #2,307 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 2022 | #2,718 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 2021 | #2,994 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 2020 | #4,153 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #3,602 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 2018 | #4,648 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #4,563 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2016 | #5,426 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #6,001 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,772 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #6,992 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #6,541 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #4,138 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #4,174 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #4,094 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #3,849 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #2,921 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 2006 | #2,371 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 2005 | #1,992 | 96 | 0.0052% |
| 2004 | #2,706 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #2,549 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2002 | #2,550 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #2,593 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2000 | #2,088 | 79 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #1,937 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 1998 | #1,988 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 1997 | #2,446 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1996 | #2,394 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1995 | #2,240 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 1994 | #1,992 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 1993 | #2,173 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1992 | #2,027 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 1991 | #2,650 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1990 | #2,951 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1989 | #2,333 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1988 | #3,153 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1987 | #5,575 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #3,122 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #3,603 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1984 | #9,004 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #11,799 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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