Kyra
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About Kyra
The girls' name Kyra sounds like the also popular Keira/Kiera, but has a different root. There are twice as many baby girls named Keira as Kyra, with Kiera in third place. Kyra now ranks at #590 and is most familiar via actress Kyra Sedgwick.
Pronounced KY-rah.
As of October 2026, Kyra ranked #830 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #179 in 2005, Nameberry popularity #705.
Editor's take: The name Kyra is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning "throne".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #485 | 649 | 363.3 |
| 2015 | #490 | 654 | 366.4 |
| 2016 | #538 | 578 | 326.2 |
| 2017 | #594 | 506 | 293.1 |
| 2018 | #610 | 497 | 292.2 |
| 2019 | #590 | 516 | 307.4 |
| 2020 | #679 | 417 | 258 |
| 2021 | #665 | 447 | 272.4 |
| 2022 | #659 | 449 | 273.8 |
| 2023 | #698 | 413 | 257.4 |
| 2024 | #722 | 389 | 240.1 |
| 2025 | #830 | 329 | 204.7 |
World rankings
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Kyra on lists
Famous Kyras
- Kyra Minturn Sedgwick
American actress
- Kyra Phillips
American news reporter
- Kyra Zagorsky
American actress
- Kyra Gracie
Brazilian jiu,jitsu practitioner
- Kyra Dutt
Indian actress
- Kyra Davis
American novelist
- Kyra Sundance
American dog trainer and performer
- Kyra Markham (born Elaine Hyman)
American painter and actress
- Kyra Beans
granddaughter of Canadian wrestler Bret Hart
- Kyra Renee Sivertson
YouTube Star
- Kyra Lizama
Contestant and runner-up on season 3 of Love Island USA
Kyra in pop culture
- Kyra Blaine
character on TV's "Castle"
- Kyra Hart
character on TV's "Reba"
- Kyra
tavern wench in the Game of Thrones series