Tayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TY-ra
Tayra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tayra mean?
Uncertain; possibly a spelling of Tyra or Taira
The tayra is also a weasel-like mammal of Central and South American forests.
Is Tayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayra is a girls' name.
How popular is Tayra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Tayra in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Tayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zaira, Salma, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Huda, Uma, Aaliyah, Zayra, Zayda, Zainab
Names related to Tayra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayra, updated 20 October 2026.