Lyra
Rank in 2025
#435
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
711
girls 711
Peak year
2025
711 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
8,095
since 1893
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Lyra was most popular in 2025, when 711 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.44 per 1,000). In 2025, 711 babies were named Lyra, ranking #435 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 46%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 711 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 642 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 639 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 637 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 643 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 543 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 431 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 429 | 681 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 396 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 298 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 276 | 978 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 249 | 1040 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 250 | 1001 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 247 | 1026 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 243 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 219 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 234 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 200 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 67 | 2710 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 62 | 2815 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 50 | 3126 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 45 | 3333 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | 4804 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 28 | 4381 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 29 | 4209 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 19 | 5705 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 5896 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | 6483 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | 6392 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
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| 1993 | 12 | 7038 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
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| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | 8037 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | 7111 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 7749 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 14 | 4945 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 19 | 4005 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 20 | 3853 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | 6696 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 12 | 5213 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 12 | 4905 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 16 | 3714 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | 5818 | <5 | — |
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| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
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| 1952 | 7 | 4483 | <5 | — |
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| 1948 | 9 | 3593 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
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| 1932 | 6 | 3901 | <5 | — |
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| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | <5 | — |
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| 1928 | 14 | 2381 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | 4306 | <5 | — |
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| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | <5 | — |
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| 1894 | 5 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.