Kyra Girl
How popular is Kyra?
#827 girl name in 2025
329 baby girls were named Kyra in the US in 2025, making it the 827th most popular girl name.
Kyra popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #827 for girls (▼ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 329 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #490 in 2015, #678 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (1,912 girls) |
| Highest rank | #179 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kyra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kira family of names ranked #267 for girls in 2025 (#285 the year before), with 1,231 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kyra is most popular
Babies named Kyra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.4 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Kyra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1940s | 92 | #2,353 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,616 |
| 1960s | 715 | #918 |
| 1970s | 1,238 | #891 |
| 1980s | 2,253 | #559 |
| 1990s | 8,942 | #198 |
| 2000s | 15,636 | #179 |
| 2010s | 6,686 | #347 |
| 2020s | 2,450 | #657 |
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Questions
- Is Kyra a boy or girl name?
- Kyra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kyra were girls.
- How popular is the name Kyra?
- 329 baby girls were named Kyra in the US in 2025, making it the 827th most popular girl name.
- When was Kyra most popular?
- Kyra peaked in 2005, when 1,912 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #179 in 2005.
- How many people are named Kyra?
- 38,308 babies have been named Kyra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,689 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Kyra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kyra was most common in Nevada, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.