Fun Facts About the Name Siera
- More than 2 thousand babies named Siera: U.S. records list 2,543 babies given the name Siera from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Siera Mean?
Siera is a feminine given name usually treated as an English spelling variant of Sierra. Sierra comes from the Spanish noun sierra, which literally means "saw" and is also the ordinary Spanish word for a mountain range. The word descends from Latin serra, "saw." The geographic sense comes from the jagged, saw-tooth profile of a mountain chain, so "mountain range" is the customary meaning of the name rather than a separate root meaning.
Siera Name History & Origins
Siera belongs to the English use of Sierra as a given name rather than to an older Spanish personal-name tradition. Spanish sierra was used in place names, especially for rugged ranges; the best-known example is the Sierra Nevada, literally "snowy mountain range," a name applied to a range in Spain and later to the range in California. English speakers adopted Sierra from such place names and from the Spanish landscape word, and it became a feminine given name in English. Siera is a simplified English spelling of that name, with one r instead of two; it is not a standard Spanish spelling, since Spanish keeps sierra with rr.
How Popular is the Name Siera?
Siera 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 1998. Its best rank was #1,207 in 1996.
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 | #12,990 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #11,967 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #12,091 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #14,858 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,332 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #10,592 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #12,732 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,257 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #7,699 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #7,752 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,528 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #5,088 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #6,284 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #3,213 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #3,473 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2006 | #2,345 | 81 | 0.0043% |
| 2005 | #2,339 | 77 | 0.0042% |
| 2004 | #2,098 | 87 | 0.0047% |
| 2003 | #2,083 | 86 | 0.0047% |
| 2002 | #1,681 | 110 | 0.0061% |
| 2001 | #1,618 | 114 | 0.0063% |
| 2000 | #1,515 | 121 | 0.0067% |
| 1999 | #1,490 | 116 | 0.0065% |
| 1998 | #1,225 | 150 | 0.0085% |
| 1997 | #1,318 | 132 | 0.0076% |
| 1996 | #1,207 | 149 | 0.0085% |
| 1995 | #1,431 | 114 | 0.0065% |
| 1994 | #1,256 | 137 | 0.0077% |
| 1993 | #1,307 | 130 | 0.0072% |
| 1992 | #1,572 | 99 | 0.0054% |
| 1991 | #1,327 | 125 | 0.0067% |
| 1990 | #1,603 | 94 | 0.0050% |
| 1989 | #1,803 | 75 | 0.0041% |
| 1988 | #1,860 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 1987 | #1,730 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 1986 | #1,585 | 76 | 0.0044% |
| 1985 | #2,250 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 1984 | #9,006 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #11,801 | 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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