Cyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Cyra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
Where does Cyra come from?
Spelling of Kyra, or a feminine form of Cyrus
Is Cyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 340% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Cyra, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Cyra of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Cyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Cyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #1,460 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Cyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Cyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,691among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Cyra, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had the most girls named Cyra of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Cyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the US were given Cyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,262, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
Cyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Cyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra Sienna Orla Zara Isla Myla Mila Luna Ava Lyla Nova Ayla
Other spellings of Cyra
Names related to Cyra
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, “Cyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cyra, updated 20 October 2026.