Tyra

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 943 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,626
since 1914

Tyra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tyra has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #319, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,35232—
2024#4,29433—
2023#4,74628—
2022#3,89338—
2021#3,25049—
2020#4,16933—
2019#3,13051—
2018#3,00454—
2017#2,63566—
2016#2,79861—
2015#2,68566—
2014#2,53570—
2013#2,18785—
2012#2,59769—
2011#2,19086—
2010#1,897106—
2009#1,546146—
2008#1,325186—
2007#947286—
2006#659439—
2005#645430—
2004#701382—
2003#705372—
2002#675372—
2001#580440—
2000#445635—
1999#387726—
1998#319943—
1997#340837#8,1106
1996#421604—
1995#530454—
1994#655327—
1993#791258—
1992#1,016185—
1991#1,144155—
1990#1,072165—
1989#1,231130—
1988#1,116138—
1987#1,115134—
1986#1,032146#5,9266
1985#829196#6,5235
1984#1,011141#5,5616
1983#1,030136#5,4846
1982#1,032141—
1981#906165#3,60111
1980#898169#6,2505
1979#854182—
1978#811184—
1977#779194#4,5827
1976#785182—
1975#671225#4,7976
1974#690213—
1973#711205#4,0547
1972#654233#3,3449
1971#588296#3,9637
1970#577308#4,2306
1969#618258—
1968#837148#3,1078
1967#1,011103—
1966#1,017103—
1965#1,032102—
1964#990116#4,0395
1963#1,24178#2,53911
1962#1,19285#4,0335
1961#1,55353—
1960#1,59749#4,0385
1959#1,45055—
1958#1,79137—
1957#1,53149—
1956#1,47052#3,9425
1955#1,53744—
1954#1,64838—
1953#1,83430—
1952#2,20022—
1951#2,06423—
1950#2,25319—
1949#1,80728—
1948#2,49116—
1947#2,08922—
1946#3,03411—
1945#2,33914—
1944#2,40114#3,1096
1943#2,25116#3,2316
1942#3,1949—
1941#4,4205—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Tyra! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tyra is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedNHWashington: #639 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,670 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #120 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 403 girlsNDMinnesota: #556 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,662 girlsMNIllinois: #409 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,298 girlsILWisconsin: #631 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,249 girlsWIMichigan: #454 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,738 girlsMINew York: #426 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,575 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #130 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 411 girlsSDIowa: #468 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,836 girlsIAIndiana: #339 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsINOhio: #364 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,214 girlsOHPennsylvania: #589 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,147 girlsPANew Jersey: #304 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsNJConnecticut: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,034 girlsCTCalifornia: #844 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 6,049 girlsCAUtah: #548 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,841 girlsUTColorado: #790 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,815 girlsCONebraska: #347 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,671 girlsNEMissouri: #355 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,962 girlsMOKentucky: #394 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,274 girlsKYWest Virginia: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,454 girlsWVVirginia: #402 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,221 girlsVAMaryland: #276 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,367 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #308 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,165 girlsNMKansas: #511 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,668 girlsKSArkansas: #282 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,352 girlsARTennessee: #312 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #368 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,960 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #242 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,057 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsOKLouisiana: #162 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 756 girlsLAMississippi: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 859 girlsMSAlabama: #228 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsALGeorgia: #263 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,299 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tyra, so not publishedHITexas: #552 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 3,330 girlsTXFlorida: #386 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,274 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#120 · 1 in 403
  2. South Dakota#130 · 1 in 411
  3. Louisiana#162 · 1 in 756
  4. Mississippi#204 · 1 in 859
  5. Alabama#228 · 1 in 1,112

Best ever in a state: #61 in Hawaii, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#12061 in 403
South Dakota#13071 in 411
Louisiana#162291 in 756
Mississippi#204141 in 859
Alabama#228191 in 1,112
South Carolina#242161 in 1,057
Georgia#263371 in 1,299
Maryland#276181 in 1,367
Arkansas#28291 in 1,352
West Virginia#29751 in 1,454
New Jersey#304241 in 1,740
New Mexico#30871 in 1,165
Tennessee#312191 in 1,640
Indiana#339181 in 1,850
Nebraska#34751 in 1,671
Missouri#355151 in 1,962
Ohio#364281 in 2,214
North Carolina#368231 in 1,960
Florida#386341 in 2,274
Kentucky#39491 in 2,274
Virginia#402161 in 2,221
Illinois#409311 in 2,298
New York#426391 in 2,575
Michigan#454191 in 2,738
Connecticut#46451 in 3,034
Iowa#46851 in 2,836
Oklahoma#48971 in 2,397
Kansas#51151 in 2,668
Utah#54861 in 2,841
Texas#552461 in 3,330
Minnesota#55671 in 3,662
Pennsylvania#589141 in 4,147
Wisconsin#63161 in 4,249
Washington#63981 in 3,670
Colorado#79051 in 4,815
California#844371 in 6,049
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See more about Tyra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #4,352)
  • 183 spots since 2020 (#4,169 → #4,352)
  • 1,667 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #4,352)
  • Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1964 (#1,241 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 378 spots in 2008 (#947 → #1,325)
Rise & fade · girls
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1998 at #319 (943 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1993–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,874
  • Highest: 1 in 1,874 girls born in 1998 were named Tyra (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 31.8% of all girls named Tyra (4,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#3,244 (1918)#3,552
1920s7#3,873 (1926)#3,873
1930s13#3,429 (1939)#3,638
1940s135#1,807 (1949)#2,670
1950s369#1,450 (1959)#1,778
1960s1,095#618 (1969)#1,109
1970s2,222#577 (1970)#712
1980s1,496#829 (1985)#1,020
1990s4,654#319 (1998)#668
2000s3,688#445 (2000)#823
2010s714#1,897 (2010)#2,566
2020s213#3,250 (2021)#4,117

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.

Tyra in 2000

girls
#445
635 births · 1 in 2,860 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #445Tyra635
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 2,860 of them was named Tyra, which outranked 97.5% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyra
  1. #442Halle639
  2. #443Kiersten638
  3. #444Kiera636
  4. #445Tyra635
  5. #446Annika634
  6. #446Felicity634
  7. #448Taryn633
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →