Total births
18
Girls' name · since 2019
Smyra
Smyra has 18 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17152
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 3%
- more common than other girls
Smyra currently ranks #17152 among girls' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Smyra has been recorded 18 times among girls since 2019, currently ranked #17152 nationally and more common than 3% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2024.
- #17152 among girls today
- 18 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
- 3% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Smyra is currently the #17152 girls' name in America, more common than 3% of girls - 18 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17152
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 3%
- more common than other girls
Smyra vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17152
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 3% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
56% of everyone ever named Smyra was born in this single decade.
2019
Single peak year
8 babies were named Smyra in 2019 - its busiest year on record.
How Smyra compares
18 6th percentile among 17,726 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
Smyra's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Smyra | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 48 | 19,840 |
Smyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Smyra's full recorded timeline at 2020, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Smyra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2019
Current rank
#17,152
Active since
2019
Smyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Smyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Smyra's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Smyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (56% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Smyra? ▼
18 babies have been named Smyra since 2019. It currently ranks #17152 among girls. The peak year was 2019 with 8 births.
When was Smyra most popular? ▼
Smyra was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Smyra been used? ▼
Smyra has been recorded in Social Security data since 2019, spanning 6 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Smyra? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Smya, Smyrna. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2019–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Smyra: #17152 Girls' Name - 18 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/smyra. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Smyra 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 July 2026.