Nhyira
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- n-SHEE-ra
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nhyira is a name of Akan origin, meaning “blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nhyira mean?
Akan: Twi nhyira
“blessing”
Is Nhyira a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Nhyira has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 10 girls in the US.
How popular is Nhyira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nhyira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls. 4 boys were also named Nhyira in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nhyira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Nhyira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nhyira, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Nhyira in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nhyira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
Names like Nhyira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minha, Yumna, Dakota, Yuna, Liyana, Ayra, Mirha, Yusra, Rumi, Akosua, Maeva, Suki
Names related to Nhyira
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Kwame, Ohemaa, Obrempong, Ama, Kwabena, Akua, Kwaku, Abena, Kwadwo, Adom, Yaa, Maame
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, “Nhyira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nhyira, updated 20 October 2026.