Lyra Girl
How popular is Lyra?
#435 girl name in 2025
711 baby girls were named Lyra in the US in 2025, making it the 435th most popular girl name.
Lyra popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #435 for girls (▲ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 711 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+158% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #978 in 2015, #549 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (711 girls) |
| Highest rank | #435 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lyra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lyra family of names ranked #409 for girls in 2025 (#444 the year before), with 757 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lyra | 711 | 94% |
| Lira | 29 | 4% |
| Lyrah | 17 | 2% |
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 Lyra is most popular
Babies named Lyra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 1.2 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Vermont: 1.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 1.0 per 1,000 (144 girls)
- Colorado: 1.0 per 1,000 (109 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.9 per 1,000 (109 girls)
Lyra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,437 |
| 1910s | 31 | #3,133 |
| 1920s | 43 | #2,380 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,899 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,591 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,482 |
| 1960s | 39 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 108 | #3,714 |
| 1980s | 114 | #3,852 |
| 1990s | 87 | #5,890 |
| 2000s | 760 | #1,088 |
| 2010s | 3,038 | #673 |
| 2020s | 3,815 | #435 |
Girl names about as popular as Lyra
Questions
- Is Lyra a boy or girl name?
- Lyra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lyra were girls.
- How popular is the name Lyra?
- 711 baby girls were named Lyra in the US in 2025, making it the 435th most popular girl name.
- When was Lyra most popular?
- Lyra peaked in 2025, when 711 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #435 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lyra?
- 8,095 babies have been named Lyra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,949 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Lyra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyra was most common in Oregon, at 1.2 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.