How Many People Are Named Kyra?
people named Kyra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,084 people in the US has this name
Based on 38,308 babies named Kyra in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,918 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KIRA (2), sometimes considered a feminine form of CYRUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kyra (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kyra alive today is about 23 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kyra first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2005, to 1,918 babies. In 2025, 329 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kyra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #179, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #830.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #830 |
| Best rank | #179 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #214 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kyra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kyra were born in California than in any other state: about 3,532 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kyra was given 2.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.8 times in Idaho and 1.8 times in Montana.
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