Tyra
Girl · TY-ra · Old Norse
Tyra is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Tyra mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian form of Thyra
Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, is commemorated on the 10th-century Jelling runestones in Denmark.
- Say it
- TY-ra
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tyra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 105 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tyra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 56 | #716 |
| 2008 | 49 | #773 |
| 2007 | 74 | #554 |
| 2006 | 105 | #423 |
| 2005 | 92 | #449 |
| 2004 | 44 | #706 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 45 | #642 |
| 2000 | 49 | #606 |
| 1999 | 42 | #662 |
| 1998 | 64 | #507 |
| 1997 | 65 | #496 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Tyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Tyra, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 943 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Tyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,685 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,546 |
| 2008 | 186 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | 286 | #947 |
| 2006 | 439 | #659 |
| 2005 | 430 | #645 |
| 2004 | 382 | #701 |
| 2003 | 372 | #705 |
| 2002 | 372 | #675 |
| 2001 | 440 | #580 |
| 2000 | 635 | #445 |
| 1999 | 726 | #387 |
| 1998 | 943 | #319 |
| 1997 | 837 | #340 |
| 1996 | 604 | #421 |
| 1995 | 454 | #530 |
| 1994 | 327 | #655 |
| 1993 | 258 | #790 |
| 1992 | 185 | #1,014 |
| 1991 | 155 | #1,141 |
| 1990 | 165 | #1,070 |
| 1989 | 130 | #1,228 |
| 1988 | 138 | #1,115 |
| 1987 | 134 | #1,115 |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,032 |
| 1985 | 196 | #829 |
| 1984 | 141 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 136 | #1,030 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,032 |
| 1981 | 165 | #906 |
| 1980 | 169 | #898 |
| 1979 | 182 | #854 |
| 1978 | 184 | #811 |
| 1977 | 194 | #779 |
| 1976 | 182 | #785 |
| 1975 | 225 | #671 |
| 1974 | 213 | #690 |
| 1973 | 205 | #711 |
| 1972 | 233 | #654 |
| 1971 | 296 | #588 |
| 1970 | 308 | #577 |
| 1969 | 258 | #618 |
| 1968 | 148 | #837 |
| 1967 | 103 | #1,011 |
| 1966 | 103 | #1,017 |
| 1965 | 102 | #1,032 |
| 1964 | 116 | #990 |
| 1963 | 78 | #1,241 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,552 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,596 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,449 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,530 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,469 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,806 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
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