Kayra
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KY-rah
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Kayra is a name of Turkish origin, meaning “grace; favour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Kayra mean?
Turkish: Turkish word
“grace; favour”
In Turkic mythology Kayra Han is a creator sky god; as a word, kayra means grace or favour.
Is Kayra a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kayra has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 6 boys in the UK and 31 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Kayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Kayra, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. 6 boys were also named Kayra in 2025 (3,329th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kayra than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kayra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 54% of the babies named Kayra in the UK in 2006, and 67% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Kayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Kayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Kayra, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 boys were also named Kayra in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kayra in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Kayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
- Cairo 35
- Kayra 31
In 2025, 84% of the babies named Kayra in the US were girls.
Kayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Kayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayla, Hafsa, Khadija, Hiba, Ayra, Zainab, Amira, Kiara, Ayah, Keira, Rahma
Other spellings of Kayra
Names related to Kayra
More Turkish names
Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz, Demir
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, “Kayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayra, updated 20 October 2026.