Nyra
- #1,458 for girls in 2025, 147 births
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 324 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,413since 1914
Nyra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nyra has never cracked the top 800 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,458 | 147 |
| 2024 | #1,223 | 192 |
| 2023 | #978 | 263 |
| 2022 | #975 | 273 |
| 2021 | #850 | 324 |
| 2020 | #1,049 | 239 |
| 2019 | #1,366 | 165 |
| 2018 | #1,346 | 167 |
| 2017 | #2,007 | 98 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
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| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
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| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
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| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Nyra! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nyra is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#624 · 1 in 3,004
- Virginia#758 · 1 in 3,749
- New Jersey#774 · 1 in 3,944
- Washington#811 · 1 in 4,123
- Illinois#1,240 · 1 in 7,388
Best ever in a state: #308 in New Jersey, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #624 | 8 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| California | #1,323 | 18 | 1 in 8,985 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| New York | #1,418 | 9 | 1 in 8,703 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| Texas | #1,714 | 13 | 1 in 12,349 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 409 spots since 2020 (#1,049 → #1,458)
- 3,030 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #1,458)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 2021
- Biggest drop: 245 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
107 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2021 at #850 (324 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2021–2023
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,064
- Highest: 1 in 5,064 girls born in 2021 were named Nyra (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,934 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 59.6% of all girls named Nyra (1,438) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,618 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,362 (1925) | #3,890 |
| 1930s | 32 | #1,970 (1933) | #3,580 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
| 1950s | 61 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,467 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,456 (1969) | #6,511 |
| 1970s | 34 | #5,480 (1972) | #7,473 |
| 1980s | 29 | #6,291 (1984) | #8,448 |
| 1990s | 66 | #4,870 (1999) | #10,168 |
| 2000s | 129 | #6,956 (2001) | #8,467 |
| 2010s | 569 | #1,346 (2018) | #5,846 |
| 2020s | 1,438 | #850 (2021) | #1,089 |
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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