Alyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LYE-ra
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Alyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Alyra come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Aly- + Lyra
Is Alyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 667% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Alyra, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Alyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Alyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Alyra, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Alyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra Amira Safa Abeeha Ayla Alayna Liyana Hafsa Aiza Arabella Amara Khadija
Names related to Alyra
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyra, updated 20 October 2026.