Nyra

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Nyra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 191 births. Its best rank was 851st, in 2021.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1910.01% of girls
Peak year: 2021324 births
Best rank: #851in 2021
Since 1914: 2,264people given the name

Babies named Nyra, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,264 girls have been named Nyra in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 324 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 57%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Nyra
1910s	5
1920s	22
1930s	32
1940s	5
1950s	61
1960s	23
1970s	34
1980s	29
1990s	66
2000s	129
2010s	568
2020s	1,290

In 2021, its biggest year

Nyra was the 851st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Nyra

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.