Syra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SY-ruh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Syra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
Where does Syra come from?
Of uncertain origin; Syra is also an old name of the Greek island Syros
Is Syra a girl's or a boy's name?
Syra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Syra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Syra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Syra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Syra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Syra, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Syra in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Syra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Syra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Ayla Ayra Hiba Raya Sama Isla Sienna Amira Aiza Lyra
Names related to Syra
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, “Syra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/syra, updated 20 October 2026.