Kyra
- #827 for girls in 2025, 329 births
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 1,912 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,285since 1919
Kyra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kyra has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #827 | 329 | — | |
| 2024 | #720 | 391 | — | |
| 2023 | #698 | 414 | — | |
| 2022 | #657 | 451 | — | |
| 2021 | #664 | 447 | — | |
| 2020 | #678 | 418 | — | |
| 2019 | #590 | 517 | — | |
| 2018 | #609 | 497 | — | |
| 2017 | #592 | 506 | — | |
| 2016 | #538 | 578 | — | |
| 2015 | #490 | 654 | — | |
| 2014 | #485 | 649 | — | |
| 2013 | #399 | 769 | — | |
| 2012 | #406 | 770 | — | |
| 2011 | #388 | 817 | — | |
| 2010 | #347 | 929 | — | |
| 2009 | #272 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2008 | #238 | 1,443 | — | |
| 2007 | #189 | 1,759 | — | |
| 2006 | #195 | 1,799 | — | |
| 2005 | #179 | 1,912 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #220 | 1,543 | — | |
| 2003 | #223 | 1,459 | — | |
| 2002 | #226 | 1,388 | — | |
| 2001 | #207 | 1,535 | — | |
| 2000 | #201 | 1,596 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #210 | 1,470 | — | |
| 1998 | #198 | 1,565 | — | |
| 1997 | #203 | 1,445 | — | |
| 1996 | #263 | 1,083 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #393 | 675 | — | |
| 1994 | #405 | 618 | — | |
| 1993 | #392 | 647 | — | |
| 1992 | #438 | 574 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #510 | 458 | — | |
| 1990 | #570 | 407 | — | |
| 1989 | #586 | 373 | — | |
| 1988 | #559 | 382 | — | |
| 1987 | #744 | 243 | — | |
| 1986 | #809 | 207 | — | |
| 1985 | #913 | 173 | — | |
| 1984 | #819 | 192 | — | |
| 1983 | #764 | 210 | — | |
| 1982 | #791 | 204 | — | |
| 1981 | #976 | 150 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,036 | 134 | — | |
| 1978 | #995 | 137 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,141 | 111 | — | |
| 1976 | #891 | 148 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,038 | 115 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,082 | 108 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,001 | 118 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,047 | 115 | — | |
| 1970 | #940 | 135 | — | |
| 1969 | #918 | 134 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,093 | 91 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,542 | 52 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Kyra! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kyra is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Nevada#374 · 1 in 1,314
- Idaho#402 · 1 in 1,433
- Connecticut#459 · 1 in 1,917
- South Carolina#467 · 1 in 1,829
Best ever in a state: #42 in Hawaii, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Idaho | #402 | 5 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Connecticut | #459 | 6 | 1 in 1,917 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Virginia | #541 | 14 | 1 in 2,410 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Ohio | #644 | 15 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Maryland | #651 | 7 | 1 in 2,855 |
| New Jersey | #718 | 10 | 1 in 3,550 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 13 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Florida | #735 | 22 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Georgia | #796 | 12 | 1 in 3,767 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| California | #939 | 30 | 1 in 5,391 |
| Texas | #949 | 30 | 1 in 5,351 |
| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kyra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 149 spots since 2020 (#678 → #827)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1982
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1977
Rise & fade · girls
86 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2005 at #179 (1,912 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1981–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 966
- Highest: 1 in 966 girls born in 2005 were named Kyra (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,885 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 40.8% of all girls named Kyra (15,636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,940 (1938) | #3,043 |
| 1940s | 92 | #2,354 (1947) | #3,501 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,617 (1959) | #2,447 |
| 1960s | 715 | #918 (1969) | #1,352 |
| 1970s | 1,238 | #891 (1976) | #1,018 |
| 1980s | 2,253 | #559 (1988) | #810 |
| 1990s | 8,942 | #198 (1998) | #358 |
| 2000s | 15,636 | #179 (2005) | #215 |
| 2010s | 6,686 | #347 (2010) | #484 |
| 2020s | 2,450 | #657 (2022) | #707 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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