Girls' name · since 2006
Lyrah
202 babies named Lyrah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyrah currently ranks #6764 among girls' names in America, with 202 babies recorded since 2006.
Lyrah has 202 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6764 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #19,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,764 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 202 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyrah ranks #19,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,764 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 202 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyrah's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lyrah compares
202 37th percentile among 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
Lyrah's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyrah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 202 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lyrah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lyrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Lyrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (107 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Lyrah's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Lyrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Lyrah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lyrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Lyrah 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.