Tyra
Tyra was the 4450th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 320th with 943 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,742 places. More babies were named Tyra in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,450 girls, down 198 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1998943 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,769babies recorded
Tyra popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 143 since 1921.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,450 | 32 |
| 2020 | #4,252 | 33 |
| 2010 | #1,911 | 106 |
| 2000 | #445 | 635 |
| 1990 | #1,076 | 165 |
| 1980 | #899 | 169 |
| 1970 | #580 | 308 |
| 1960 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1950 | #2,334 | 19 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tyra, counting every spelling?
Tyra is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyra | 32 | #4,450 | 180 |
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 Tyra?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tyra (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tyra 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 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tyra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tyra?
About 14,000 people born in the US named Tyra are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 24 and 46. That makes Tyra mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Tyra by state
How common Tyra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Tyra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tyra, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tyra
How popular is the name Tyra?
Tyra was the 4450th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 320th with 943 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,742 places. More babies were named Tyra in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tyra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tyra in the US.
Where is Tyra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tyra was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Florida.