Shyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-ra
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Shyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Shyra come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps influenced by Shira or Sheila
Is Shyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Shyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Shyra, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Shyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Shyra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Shyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Shyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Aisha, Hana, Khadija, Ayla, Maya, Hiba, Amira, Raya, Hafsa, Kiara
Names related to Shyra
Shreya, Shriya, Sahra, Shira, Syra, Sayra, Shara, Syrah, Syrai
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Shyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shyra, updated 20 October 2026.