Lira
Girl · LEER-a · Greek
Lira is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lyre”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Lira mean?
Greek: usually a spelling of Lyra, from Greek lyra, lyre
“lyre”
Often a spelling of Lyra, the constellation named after the lyre of Orpheus in Greek myth.
- Say it
- LEER-a
Is Lira a girl's or a boy's name?
Lira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 180% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Lira, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Lira of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Lira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Lira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Lira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Lira, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Lira in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Lira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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