Kyra

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kyra: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kyra: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #166 in 2015, and it stood at #273 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kyra's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#502
1997	#296
1998	#218
1999	#219
2000	#208
2001	#244
2002	#253
2003	#256
2004	#291
2005	#234
2006	#245
2007	#220
2008	#215
2009	#224
2010	#225
2011	#285
2012	#332
2013	#329
2014	#373
2015	#318
2016	#366
2017	#442
2018	#442
2019	#401
2020	#486
2021	#404
2022	#427
2023	#389
2024	#411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 55 years from 1971 to 2025.

In 2024: #212 among girls in Northern Ireland, #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #384 among girls in Scotland, #411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1971–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kyra appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 414 births with the name.

Kyra across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kyra's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#190 (2023)	#273 (2025)	34 of 55	414 (1971–2025)	24 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#502 (1996)	#208 (2000)	#411 (2024)	29 of 29	4,344 (1996–2024)	238 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#166 (2015)	#212 (2024)	23 of 27	136 (1998–2024)	13 (2015)

Kyra by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kyra in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	15	5 of 10	3
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010s	176	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	119	6 of 10	20

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kyra appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Kyra's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#411	104	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#389	106	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#427	99	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#404	110	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#486	83	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#401	106	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#442	98	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#442	99	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#366	127	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#318	147	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#373	120	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#329	140	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#332	146	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#285	172	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#225	222	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#224	223	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#215	238	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#220	232	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#245	192	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#234	197	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#291	142	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#256	165	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#253	157	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#244	162	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#208	204	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#219	185	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#218	192	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#296	123	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#502	53	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#218	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	24	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	22	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#301	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	23	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	22	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	18	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1971 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 238 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 53 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kyna · #426, 14y
Kyon · #1546, 15y
Kyrah · #502, 29y
Kyran · #176, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kobi · #166, 30y
Mikolaj · #166, 31y
Colby · #165, 30y
Allie · #168, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Greg · #166, 37y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Kealan · #168, 46y
Sidney · #168, 31y

Kyra was ranked #166 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kyra and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kyra without appearing here.

Kyra moved ahead of

Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #529 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #267 and #842.
Audrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #587 and #461 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #267 and #842.
Linda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #414 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #367 and #764.
Tina Compare
In 2005 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #367 and #764.

Moved ahead of Kyra

Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #442 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #401 and #218.
Madison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #279 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #414 and #257.
Maisie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #265 and #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #351 and #203.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #256 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #291 and #155.

Moved the opposite way to Kyra

Aisling Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 while Aisling went from #58 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 while Alison went from #76 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 while Amanda went from #56 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 while Andrea went from #90 to #304.

Moved the same way as Kyra

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 and Alexandra from #257 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 and Alice from #124 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 and Amelia from #466 to #12.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kyra went from #466 to #273 and Amy from #277 to #138.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kyra

Kyra at a glance

What stands out in Kyra's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyra across 3 official records

Kyra by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kyra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kyra

Kyra and the names beside it

Kyra moved ahead of

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Kyra at a glance

What stands out in Kyra's record

Kyra across 3 official records

Kyra by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kyra appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kyra

Kyra and the names beside it

Kyra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kyra

Moved the opposite way to Kyra

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