Khyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Khyra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Khyra mean?
Greek: spelling of Kyra; linked to Greek kyria, lady, and to Cyrus
“lady”
Often explained from the Greek kyria, lady, and also used as a feminine form of Cyrus; compare the Russian Kira.
Meaning borrowed from Kyra. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Khyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khyra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Khyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Khyra, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Khyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Khyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Khyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Khyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Safa Kiara Hafsa Hiba Khadija Zainab Ayla Eilidh Caoimhe Ayra Sienna
Other spellings of Khyra
Names related to Khyra
More Greek names
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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, “Khyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khyra, updated 20 October 2026.