How rare is the name Lyra?

4,270 people in the United States have the first name Lyra, about 1 in 70,733. It ranks #4,399 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LYRA

#4,399

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,270
About
1 in 70,733
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,270 people named Lyra, 65.8% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 10% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lyra peaked in 2025, when 711 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
711
In 2025*
711
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,095 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lyra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #980. The largest share of babies named Lyra, 75.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,47210
1910s#7,11431
1920s#7,99943
1930s#10,17411
1940s#9,29820
1950s#10,93119
1960s#9,92039
1970s#7,914108
1980s#9,212114
1990s#14,13687
2000s#4,040760
2010s#1,6623,038
2020s#9803,815
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–1218.6%
2013 and later75.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lyra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyra has been most common in Oregon (3.1×), Washington (2.9×), and Colorado (2.7×), and least common in Louisiana (0.28×).

6,516 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Lyra

1 other first name also has 4,270 people.

#4,399 Bishop · 4,270

Either side of Lyra

#4,396 Shu · 4,272#4,399 Bishop · 4,270#4,401 Narciso · 4,269#4,401 Tarah · 4,269

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lyra, most common first.

#44,078 Lyria · 158

Also a last name

As a last name, Lyra ranks #125,732 of 156,621, with 143 people. See Lyra as a last name

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