first name
TYRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 12,317 people named Tyra, 58.6% reported their origin as Black, 23.3% as White and 7.5% as two or more races. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tyra peaked in 1998, when 943 babies got the name.
At least 14,769 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Tyra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #990. The largest share of babies named Tyra, 43.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Tyra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tyra has been most common in Louisiana (3.3×), Maryland (3.2×), and Hawaii (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).
11,146 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.
Either side of Tyra
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tyra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tyra ranks #16,149 of 156,621, with 1,734 people. See Tyra as a last name
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