Girls' name · since 1998
Zyra
1,186 babies named Zyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,731 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,186
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zyra currently ranks #1731 among girls' names in America, with 1,186 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyra has been recorded 1,186 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #1731 nationally and more common than 90% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #6,672 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,731 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,186 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyra ranks #6,672 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,731 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,186 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,731 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,186
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zyra's 1,186 recorded births place it above 90.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zyra compares
1,186 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Zyra's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zyra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 118 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zyra's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 118, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 118
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Zyra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (560 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Zyra's strongest decade.
560 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 148
2000s
148 births
- 2010s
2010s
472 births
- 2020s
2020s
560 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 560 births (47% of all-time use).
How Zyra 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 Zyra's total volume
Zyra by state
Where Zyra concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 167 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 116 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 33 | 2.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 14 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 7 | 0.6% |
167 of 1,186 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Zyra appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Zyras (167 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 Zyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Zyra 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.