How Many People Are Named Tyra?
people named Tyra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,127 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,769 babies named Tyra in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
943 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse name Þýri, a variant of the Norse names ÞÓRVÍ or ÞÓRVEIG.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tyra, 99.2% were girls and 0.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 91.8% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tyra alive today is about 34 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 24 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tyra first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1998, to 943 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tyra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #320, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #4,449.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,449 |
| Best rank | #320 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #528 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tyra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tyra were born in California than in any other state: about 967 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tyra was given 3.8 times as often in Louisiana, 3.1 times in Maryland and 2.5 times in District of Columbia.
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