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Cianni vs Ciarra

American parents have registered 3,352 Ciarras since 1880, against 527 Ciannis. But in 2025 it was Cianni that was commoner, 16 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Cianni against Ciarra, 1880 to 2025 0 60 120 180 240 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Cianni Ciarra

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 46 years in which either name was published, Ciarra for 35 years and Cianni for 11 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Cianni Ciarra
Total US births 5273,352
Most in one year 30206
Babies in 2025 16under 5
Estimated living today 5203,300
Median age today 1627
Peak year 20071997
Best rank 4,808th girls956th girls
Rank in 2025 6,838thunranked
First recorded 19961979
Girls / boys 527 / 03,352 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ciarras alive today are over 27; half the Ciannis are over 16. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Cianni and Ciarra.