Nyra — #1226 US girls' name
2,264 babies named Nyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Nyra was born in this single decade.
324 babies were named Nyra in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,264 babies named Nyra between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyra currently holds the #1226 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 324 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyra performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nyra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyra in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyra 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 2,264 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.
Nyra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2021)
- 324
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #1226 among girls.
2,264 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 324 births in a single year.
Nyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,290 births that decade — 57% of Nyra's all-time total
Nyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,290 births
- Runner-up 568 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nyra's strongest decade
1,290 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Nyra by state
Where Nyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 322 | 14.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 234 | 10.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 146 | 6.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 79 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 75 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 75 | 3.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 72 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 69 | 3.0% |
322 of 2,264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.2% of nationwide
- Texas 10.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nyra appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.