Thyra — #7957 US girls' name
1,312 babies named Thyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Thyra was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Thyra in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,312 babies named Thyra between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thyra currently holds the #7957 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thyra performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Thyra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Thyra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thyra 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 1,312 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.
Thyra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1896
- Peak year (1918)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 129 years of records
Currently ranks #7957 among girls.
1,312 total births across 129 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 30 births in a single year.
Thyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 206 births that decade — 16% of Thyra's all-time total
Thyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 206 births
- Runner-up 190 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Thyra's strongest decade
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Thyra by state
Where Thyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1896
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.4% 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, 1896–2024 (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.