as a First Name
Mainly North American: apparently from the Spanish vocabulary word denoting a mountain range (from Latin serra ‘saw’, referring to the saw-toothed appearance). The reasons for its adoption and popularity are not clear, but it has remained among the most frequent girls' names in the United States since the late 1980s. Compare Savannah.
| 1,492nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,703
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 88,413
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Sierra per capita
- 1998
- marked the height of its popularity
99.97%
0.03%
0.02%
55+
55+
0.89%
30-54
30-54
26%
13-29
13-29
73%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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