Girls' name · since 1914
Tyra
14,626 babies named Tyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,626
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tyra currently ranks #4369 among girls' names in America, with 14,626 babies recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tyra has been recorded 14,626 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #4369 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #1,306 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,369 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,626 born since 1914
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tyra ranks #1,306 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,369 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,626 born since 1914, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,626
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tyra's 14,626 recorded births place it above 98.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tyra compares
14,626 Top 8% higher than 92% of 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
Tyra's all-time total is 39x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tyra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,626 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 943 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tyra's full recorded timeline at 1980, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 943 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tyra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 943
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Tyra popularity over time - boys
143 total births recorded since 1921 (Tyra as boys' name)
Tyra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,654 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Tyra's strongest decade.
4,654 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Tyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 135
1940s
135 births
- 1950s 369
1950s
369 births
- 1960s 1,095
1960s
1,095 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,222 births
- 1980s 1,496
1980s
1,496 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,654 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,688 births
- 2010s 714
2010s
714 births
- 2020s 213
2020s
213 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,654 births (32% of all-time use).
How Tyra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tyra's total volume
Tyra by state
Where Tyra concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,004 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 945 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 714 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 699 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 674 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 674 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 629 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 547 | 3.7% |
1,004 of 14,626 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Tyra appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tyra's data
- Tyra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,654 total births); usage has since declined to 213 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tyras (1,004 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
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, 1914–2025 (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 Tyra 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.