Shyra — #9655 US girls' name
857 babies named Shyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Shyra was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Shyra in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 857 babies named Shyra between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shyra currently holds the #9655 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shyra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shyra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shyra in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shyra 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 857 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.
Shyra at a glance
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Current rank
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Shyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (1994)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #9655 among girls.
857 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 47 births in a single year.
Shyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 216 births that decade — 25% of Shyra's all-time total
Shyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 216 births
- Runner-up 206 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shyra's strongest decade
216 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Shyra by state
Where Shyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
13 of 857 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–2024 (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.