Recorded 1900–2023 Girls' name Peak 1993 822 births

Cyrena — girls' name

822 babies named Cyrena in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Cyrena was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

29 babies were named Cyrena in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cyrena

The Social Security Administration has registered 822 babies named Cyrena between 1900 and 2023, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cyrena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cyrena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Cyrena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cyrena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cyrena 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 822 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.

Cyrena at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

822

Since 1900

124 years of records

Peak year

1993

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1900

Recorded for 124 years

Last year on file: 2023

Cyrena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1900

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1993)
29
Annual births at peak — across 124 years of records
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Cyrena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
206 births that decade — 25% of Cyrena's all-time total
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Cyrena by state

Where Cyrena concentrates geographically — total births since 1900

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Cyrena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
41 5.0%
#2 New York
5 0.6%
California share of Cyrena's total US births 5.0%
Even split

41 of 822 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cyrena?
822 babies have been named Cyrena since 1900. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1993 with 29 births.
When was Cyrena most popular?
Cyrena was most popular in the 1990s decade with 206 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Cyrena most popular?
The top states for the name Cyrena are California (41 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Cyrena been used?
Cyrena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1900, spanning 124 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Cyrena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cyrstal, Cyra, Cyrilla, Cyrah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1900–2023 (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.