Lyra
#435 for girls in 2025, 711 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 711 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,095since 1893
Lyra over time
Rank among girls' names. Lyra has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #435 | 711 |
| 2024 | #482 | 642 |
| 2023 | #482 | 639 |
| 2022 | #496 | 637 |
| 2021 | #489 | 643 |
| 2020 | #549 | 543 |
| 2019 | #673 | 431 |
| 2018 | #681 | 429 |
| 2017 | #724 | 396 |
| 2016 | #921 | 298 |
| 2015 | #978 | 276 |
| 2014 | #1,040 | 249 |
| 2013 | #1,001 | 250 |
| 2012 | #1,026 | 247 |
| 2011 | #1,025 | 243 |
| 2010 | #1,122 | 219 |
| 2009 | #1,088 | 234 |
| 2008 | #1,257 | 200 |
| 2007 | #2,710 | 67 |
| 2006 | #2,815 | 62 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
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| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
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| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lyra! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lyra is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#232 · 1 in 824
- Washington#646 · 1 in 3,215
- Massachusetts#730 · 1 in 4,537
- Wisconsin#740 · 1 in 4,175
- Arizona#804 · 1 in 4,055
Best ever in a state: #61 in Wyoming, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #232 | 5 | 1 in 824 |
| Washington | #646 | 10 | 1 in 3,215 |
| Massachusetts | #730 | 6 | 1 in 4,537 |
| Wisconsin | #740 | 6 | 1 in 4,175 |
| Arizona | #804 | 9 | 1 in 4,055 |
| New York | #813 | 20 | 1 in 4,777 |
| Michigan | #832 | 9 | 1 in 4,940 |
| New Jersey | #930 | 7 | 1 in 5,612 |
| California | #1,141 | 29 | 1 in 7,908 |
| Virginia | #1,188 | 5 | 1 in 7,524 |
| Illinois | #1,242 | 8 | 1 in 8,278 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,397 | 5 | 1 in 11,068 |
| Florida | #1,499 | 8 | 1 in 10,760 |
| Texas | #1,589 | 14 | 1 in 11,980 |
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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 Lyra
- 47 spots since 2024 (#482 → #435)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#549 → #435)
- 543 spots since 2015 (#978 → #435)
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 2017 (#921 → #724)
- Biggest drop: 7 spots in 2022 (#489 → #496)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 2025 at #435 (711 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,261 girls born in 2025 were named Lyra (0.04%)
- 47.1% of all girls named Lyra (3,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,461 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 31 | #3,134 (1915) | #3,221 |
| 1920s | 43 | #2,381 (1928) | #3,658 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,901 (1932) | #4,226 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,435 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,141 |
| 1960s | 39 | #4,198 (1966) | #5,191 |
| 1970s | 108 | #3,714 (1972) | #5,541 |
| 1980s | 114 | #3,853 (1980) | #6,472 |
| 1990s | 87 | #5,896 (1999) | #8,440 |
| 2000s | 760 | #1,088 (2009) | #3,343 |
| 2010s | 3,038 | #673 (2019) | #919 |
| 2020s | 3,815 | #435 (2025) | #489 |
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.
Lyra in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 9,455 of them was named Lyra, which outranked 93.9% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).