Thyra
Girl · TY-ruh · Old Norse
Thyra is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Thor + sacred”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Thyra mean?
Old Norse: Latinised form of Thyri, a contraction of Thorvi
“Thor + sacred”
Queen Thyra, wife of the Danish king Gorm the Old, is commemorated on the 10th-century Jelling runestones.
- Say it
- TY-ruh
Is Thyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Thyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thyra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Thyra, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Thyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Thyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Thyra, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Thyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 18 | #898 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 19 | #848 |
| 1904 | 22 | #755 |
| 1903 | 17 | #836 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
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