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Kyra

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEER-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#426 for girls
US rank, 2025
#827 for girls

Kyra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 426th for girls in the UK (105 babies) and 827th for girls in the US (329 babies).

What does Kyra mean?

Greek: 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.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Kyra a girl's or a boy's name?

Kyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 105 girls in the UK and 329 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kyra in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#426among girls
Babies in 2025
105about 1 in 2,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 105 girls in the UK were named Kyra, making it the 426th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 478th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 258 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Kyra than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Kyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 429 girls in the UK were given Kyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #426 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 455th in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 258 in 20082025
Kyra in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025105#426
2024120#397
2023116#401
2022106#445
2021120#411
202092#478
2019115#412
2018109#449
2017108#454
2016142#366
2015167#311
2014138#366
2013158#327
2012165#323
2011186#296
2010244#232
2009243#227
2008258#222
2007251#227
2006209#253
2005206#249
2004147#314
2003182#268
2002162#273
2001170#267
2000218#220
1999198#236
1998213#229
1997135#299
199661#499

How popular is Kyra in the US?

Rank in 2025
#827among girls
Babies in 2025
329about 1 in 4,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 329 girls in the US were named Kyra, making it the 827th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 678th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,912 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kyra than any year since 1987.

Half of all the girls named Kyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Kyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #827 for this spelling alone.

1919Busiest: 1,912 in 20052025
Kyra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025329#827
2024391#720
2023414#698
2022451#657
2021447#664
2020418#678
2019517#590
2018497#609
2017506#592
2016578#538
2015654#490
2014649#485
2013769#399
2012770#406
2011817#388
2010929#347
20091,202#272
20081,443#238
20071,759#189
20061,799#195
20051,912#179
20041,543#220
20031,459#223
20021,388#226
20011,535#207
20001,596#201
19991,470#210
19981,565#198
19971,445#203
19961,083#263
1995675#393
1994618#405
1993647#392
1992574#438
1991458#510
1990407#569
1989373#585
1988382#559
1987243#744
1986207#809
1985173#913
1984192#819
1983210#764
1982204#791
1981150#976
1980119#1,141
1979134#1,036
1978137#995
1977111#1,141
1976148#891
1975115#1,038
1974108#1,082
1973118#1,001
1972117#1,006
1971115#1,047
1970135#940
1969134#918
196894#1,099
196791#1,093
196657#1,463
196557#1,463
196461#1,443
196365#1,372
196250#1,597
196154#1,532
196052#1,541
195945#1,616
195828#2,116
195738#1,753
195639#1,692
195534#1,802
195419#2,518
195312#3,268
195213#3,039
195115#2,693
19508#3,960
194915#2,619
19487#4,203
194718#2,353
19468#3,664
19456#4,023
19446#4,052
194312#2,694
19425#4,620
19417#3,557
19408#3,206
19398#3,143
19389#2,938
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
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19280–
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19260–
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19195#4,812

Names like Kyra

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Kiara Eden Brianna Kayla Lara Caitlin Erin Cara Sienna Kiana Caoimhe Ffion

Other spellings of Kyra

Keira Kira Ciara Kiera Kyrah Kirra Kirah Keyra Khyra Keirah

Names related to Kyra

Kayra Kyara Kyria Kyari Kyri

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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, “Kyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyra, updated 20 October 2026.