Alyra — #5690 US girls' name
327 babies named Alyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Alyra was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Alyra in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named Alyra between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alyra currently holds the #5690 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alyra performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alyra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alyra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alyra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 327 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alyra at a glance
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Current rank
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Alyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #5690 among girls.
327 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 22 births in a single year.
Alyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 155 births that decade — 47% of Alyra's all-time total
Alyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alyra's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Alyra by state
Where Alyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 327 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.