Lyrah
Girl · LY-ra · Greek
Lyrah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lyre”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Lyrah mean?
Greek: spelling of Lyra; 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
Meaning borrowed from Lyra. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lyrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 208% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Lyrah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lyrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 700 girls in the UK were given Lyrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #83, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Lyra 689
- Lyrah 11
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Lyrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Lyrah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Lyrah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had the most girls named Lyrah of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Lyrah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 728 girls in the US were given Lyrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #447, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
- Lyra 711
- Lyrah 17
Lyrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Lyrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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