Nyra Girl
How popular is Nyra?
#1,458 girl name in 2025
147 baby girls were named Nyra in the US in 2025, making it the 1458th most popular girl name.
Nyra popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,458 for girls (▼ 235 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 147 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+374% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,487 in 2015, #1,049 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (324 girls) |
| Highest rank | #850 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nyra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nyra family of names ranked #1,054 for girls in 2025 (#963 the year before), with 187 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nyra | 147 | 79% |
| Nira | 27 | 14% |
| Nyrah | 13 | 7% |
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 Nyra is most popular
Babies named Nyra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.5 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (205 girls)
Nyra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,361 |
| 1930s | 32 | #1,970 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1950s | 61 | #3,660 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,455 |
| 1970s | 34 | #5,479 |
| 1980s | 29 | #6,290 |
| 1990s | 66 | #4,864 |
| 2000s | 129 | #6,951 |
| 2010s | 569 | #1,346 |
| 2020s | 1,438 | #850 |
Girl names about as popular as Nyra
Questions
- Is Nyra a boy or girl name?
- Nyra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nyra were girls.
- How popular is the name Nyra?
- 147 baby girls were named Nyra in the US in 2025, making it the 1458th most popular girl name.
- When was Nyra most popular?
- Nyra peaked in 2021, when 324 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #850 in 2021.
- How many people are named Nyra?
- 2,413 babies have been named Nyra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,336 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Nyra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nyra was most common in Washington, at 0.5 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.