Feminine dossier · first seen 1940

Sierra

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sierra
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.4% from peak

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

5,841

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1940Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

91.4%

2024

505

All-time

100,111

Sierra once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 5,841 girls were named Sierra.

In 2024, only 505 girls were given the name.

Down 91.4% from its peak.

All told, about 100,111 Americans have been named Sierra and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1940.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.4% from peak

19985,841 girls named Sierra

2024505 girls named Sierra

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