NameTides

Lyra

Lyra was the #435 girls' name in the US in 2025 (711 babies), and #70 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Lyra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lyra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaUS
Lyra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#435 (711)#70 (643)#106 (42)#334 (4)#213 (20)#377 (81)
2024#482 (642)#83 (573)#108 (40)#407 (3)#223 (19)#452 (67)
2023#482 (639)#80 (593)#204 (20)#302 (5)#296 (13)#423 (69)
2022#496 (637)#78 (641)#173 (25)#354 (4)#266 (16)#371 (82)
2021#489 (643)#80 (630)#145 (31)#446 (3)#242 (19)#369 (87)
2020#549 (543)#92 (559)#186 (21)—#294 (14)#596 (48)
2019#673 (431)#150 (342)#237 (17)—#716 (4)#663 (45)
2018#681 (429)#142 (362)#244 (16)—#734 (4)#591 (51)
2017#724 (396)#183 (293)#178 (26)—#873 (3)#656 (45)
2016#921 (298)#212 (248)#413 (8)——#867 (31)
2015#978 (276)#222 (235)#416 (8)—#431 (10)#1,157 (21)
2014#1,040 (249)#205 (261)#365 (10)—#584 (6)#847 (32)
2013#1,001 (250)#218 (236)#344 (11)—#587 (6)#864 (31)
2012#1,026 (247)#255 (192)#426 (8)#383 (4)#677 (5)#801 (34)
2011#1,025 (243)#327 (147)#579 (5)—#937 (3)#1,056 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #435.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 390common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 430common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lyra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lyra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #494ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #190MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #390OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #370CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #254CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #299MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #296TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #651FL
Lyra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52724

Lyra (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LyraCanadaGirls#37781
LyraEngland & WalesGirls#70643
LyraIrelandGirls#21320
LyraNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
LyraScotlandGirls#10642
LyraUSGirls#435711