Ayra
Ayra was the 939th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 276 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 929th with 285 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,993 places. More babies were named Ayra in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it AIR-uh /ˈɛrə/
- Rank in 2025
- #939 girls, up 380 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 276girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024285 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,274babies recorded
What does the name Ayra mean?
Ayra has no documented origin in the dictionaries we checked. It is a recent American spelling, recorded for girls since the 1970s, and it overlaps in look and sound with several names of different origin, such as Aira, Ira, Ayla and Arya (Sanskrit ārya, 'noble'). Without evidence of which one parents had in mind, no meaning is given here.
How sure is this? Not documented. No documented origin; resemblances to Arya, Aira or Ayla are not evidence.
Pronunciation: Pronunciation varies by family.
Sources for this meaning
- Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. 'ārya (for Arya)' (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries), Oxford, Clarendon Press (public domain); digitized by University of Cologne
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Ayra popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #939 | 276 |
| 2020 | #1,319 | 167 |
| 2010 | #6,005 | 22 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ayra, counting every spelling?
Ayra is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #437 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #939 for Ayra on its own. Together these spellings went to 752 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayra | 276 | #939 | 1,307 |
| Aira | 223 | #1,082 | 760 |
| Eira | 116 | #1,749 | 402 |
| Aaira | 65 | #2,645 | 320 |
| Aayra | 24 | #5,238 | 165 |
| Aera | 13 | #7,899 | 70 |
| Airah | 17 | #6,554 | 70 |
| Ayrah | 10 | #9,531 | 66 |
| Aairah | 8 | #10,919 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ayra?
276 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ayra (0.08 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ayra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 30 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ayra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ayra?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Ayra are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Ayra a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ayra by state
How common Ayra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (2.8×), New York (2.0×), Virginia (1.9×), Maryland (1.8×), Illinois (1.6×). In 26 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ayra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ayra, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Ayra · Sibling names for Ayra
Questions about the name Ayra
How popular is the name Ayra?
Ayra was the 939th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 276 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 929th with 285 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,993 places. More babies were named Ayra in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Ayra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ayra in the US.
Where is Ayra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ayra was most common in New Jersey (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Virginia.