Girls' name · peaked in 2005

Kyra name popularity since 1925

38,303 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kyra. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Kyra is about 23 years old in 2026. Kyra peaked in 2005 as the #179 name for girls, and it ranked #830 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 38,303; Named Kyra, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2005; #179 for girls that year
Typical age: About 23; Median birth year 2003
In 2025: #830; for girls in 2025 (329 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 38,280 girls · 23 boys
Most popular in: Nevada; 2.36× its national share

Peak year is the year Kyra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Kyra births per year, 1925–2025

2005 was the biggest year for Kyra both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Kyra became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 3,210 baby girls to 1 in 1,200.
Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 1,090 to 1 in 2,290.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kyra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kyra.

Decade by decade

Babies named Kyra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	17	0	Under 5
1940s	92	0	#4,289
1950s	251	0	#1,827
1960s	715	0	#1,470
1970s	1,238	0	#1,041
1980s	2,253	0	#916
1990s	8,942	10	#393
2000s	15,636	13	#179
2010s	6,686	0	#490
2020–25	2,450	0	#830

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

59.1% of babies named Kyra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Kyra is most popular

The index compares Kyra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kyra.

State	Index	Babies
Nevada	2.36×	302
Colorado	1.64×	723
Oregon	1.55×	520
Arizona	1.54×	717
Washington	1.52×	909

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Kyra and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Kyra (this page)	38,280	2005
Kira	40,829	2005
Kyrah	2,489	2008

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kyra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kyra.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Kyra (2005).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data