#5962024 rank
1998peak year
100,079babies named Sierra since 1880
▼ 20%5-year trend
Sierra popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Sierra mean?
Spanish for 'mountain range', from Latin serra 'saw', for the jagged peaks. The Sierra Nevada gave the name its landscape association in America.
OriginSpanish, Latin
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylenature, modern
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Spellings & variants
Cierra
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