Girls' name · since 1893
Lyra
8,095 babies named Lyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #435 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,095
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
8,095 babies have been named Lyra since 1893, making it today's #435 girls' name.
Lyra has 8,095 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #435 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.
- #1,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #435 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,095 born since 1893
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyra ranks #1,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #435 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,095 born since 1893, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #435 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,095
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lyra's 8,095 recorded births place it above 97.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lyra compares
8,095 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lyra's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,095 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 711 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lyra splits its recorded history at 1985: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1893 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 711 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 711
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Lyra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,815 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Lyra's strongest decade.
3,815 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1910s 31
1910s
31 births
- 1920s 43
1920s
43 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 108
1970s
108 births
- 1980s 114
1980s
114 births
- 1990s 87
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 760
2000s
760 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,038 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,815 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,815 births (47% of all-time use).
How Lyra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lyra's total volume
Lyra by state
Where Lyra concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 888 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 466 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 395 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 348 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Washington | | 304 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 288 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 254 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 231 | 2.9% |
888 of 8,095 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Lyra appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lyra's data
- California records the most Lyras (888 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~132 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1893–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lyra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.