Ciara 2

Yes, it was used on a soap opera and there was also the perfume, but I think the main reason for the popularity of Ciara (2) (pronounced with three syllables) was the singer. The singer happened before the soap opera Ciara was born. So I think the soap opera was inspired by the singer, not the other way around. Ciara was at the height of its popularity in 2005, a year before the soap opera character was born.

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Ciara, the singer, had a major hit in June 2004 called "Goodies". It was a #1 hit in the UK and USA and popular all over the world.

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That year the name moved up 61 places and in the following year (when the song and singer were still popular) it moved up a further 173 places, that is a very strong increase.

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"Goodies" was pretty much a one-hit-wonder (she is still a successful singer but not nearly as well known as back then) and as the singer started to disappear so did the name.

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In the UK Ciara was more consistently popular but the UK popularity of the name is due to the Irish name Ciara (1) which is pronounced differently, as KEE-ra.

The name Ciara was given to 316 girls born in the US in 2016.