Jakyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-KY-ruh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Jakyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Jakyra come from?
Modern: blend of the prefix Ja- and Kyra
Is Jakyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Jakyra, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Jakyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Nicknames for Jakyra
- Kyra 105 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jakyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla, Jaliyah, Kaliyah, Amira, Janiyah, Zariah, Aaliyah, Samira, Jimena, Zaniyah, Jahzara, Amaya
Names related to Jakyra
Jakira, Jakeria, Jakyrah, Jakara, Jakera, Jakeira, Jakirah, Jakerria
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jakyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakyra, updated 20 October 2026.