Lyra — #481 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lyra

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,378 babies named Lyra between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lyra currently holds the #481 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 643 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyra performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,099 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Lyra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 798 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyra in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyra 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 7,378 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.