Lyra
Girl · LY-ra · Greek
Lyra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lyre”. In 2025 it ranked 76th for girls in the UK (689 babies) and 435th for girls in the US (711 babies).
What does Lyra mean?
Greek: via Latin, the constellation
“lyre”
Name of the constellation of the lyre; Lyra Belacqua is the heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.
- Say it
- LY-ra
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 689 girls in the UK and 711 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #76among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 689about 1 in 400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 689 girls in the UK were named Lyra, making it the 76th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 97th.
2025 had the most girls named Lyra of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Lyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 70th in England and Wales, 106th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#83).
Lyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 689 | #76 |
| 2024 | 616 | #85 |
| 2023 | 618 | #86 |
| 2022 | 670 | #82 |
| 2021 | 664 | #90 |
| 2020 | 580 | #97 |
| 2019 | 359 | #158 |
| 2018 | 378 | #157 |
| 2017 | 319 | #190 |
| 2016 | 256 | #224 |
| 2015 | 243 | #237 |
| 2014 | 271 | #219 |
| 2013 | 247 | #228 |
| 2012 | 204 | #271 |
| 2011 | 152 | #348 |
| 2010 | 128 | #391 |
| 2009 | 157 | #326 |
| 2008 | 79 | #536 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 42 | #798 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Lyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #435among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 711about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 711 girls in the US were named Lyra, making it the 435th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 549th. It first appears in the records in 1893.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Lyra of any year since it first appeared, in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Lyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 711 | #435 |
| 2024 | 642 | #482 |
| 2023 | 639 | #482 |
| 2022 | 637 | #496 |
| 2021 | 643 | #489 |
| 2020 | 543 | #549 |
| 2019 | 431 | #673 |
| 2018 | 429 | #681 |
| 2017 | 396 | #724 |
| 2016 | 298 | #921 |
| 2015 | 276 | #978 |
| 2014 | 249 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 250 | #1,001 |
| 2012 | 247 | #1,026 |
| 2011 | 243 | #1,025 |
| 2010 | 219 | #1,122 |
| 2009 | 234 | #1,088 |
| 2008 | 200 | #1,257 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
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