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Cyra

Feminine

1974high 2025
#2691 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare64 girls in 2025

Cyra is a feminine of Cyrus, and the Old Persian behind Cyrus has never been recovered.

How old is the name Cyra?

Cyra first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Cyra alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 900 people named Cyra are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Cyra most popular?

Cyra peaked in 2025, reaching #2691 nationally. Today it ranks #2691, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Cyra

Cyrus the Great let the exiled Judeans return and rebuild the temple, and Isaiah calls him the Lord's anointed — the only foreigner in scripture so named. His own name's meaning has not been recovered. A separate Greek kyra means a lady. Cyra appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

From Cyrus, from the Old Persian Kurush, whose meaning is genuinely unrecovered — 'sun', 'young' and 'humiliator of the enemy' have all been proposed. A separate Greek Kyra, 'lady', from kyrios, also exists. Neither is established for this spelling.

How the name formed

  1. Kurush
  2. Cyrus
  3. Cyra

Related forms: Kyra · Κυρά · Kourosh

Pronouncing Cyra

SY-rah

Two syllables, stress on the first. Kyra is often KEER-ah, which differs.

Nicknames for Cyra

Moderate

CyThe front sound alone, and a name in its own right with a real record
RaThe back sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1974–2025643206419742025

US babies named Cyra per year from 1974 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26911970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1974
Most girls named
202564 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2691reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+45.5%64 in 2025, from 44
Cyra sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 64 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Cyra in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Kyra in English — spelling variant
  • Κυρά in Greek — related form
  • Kourosh in Persian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Florida.

Cyras among us

900

people named Cyra are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 25,114 born in 2025 was named Cyra

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Cyra

#2691
Cyra on the 2025 chart
#849
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cyra went to 64 girls in 2025, but Syra, Sira and Cira and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 111, which makes it the 849th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,842 places above the chart.

  • Cyra64
  • Syra25
  • Sira10
  • Cira6
  • Cyrah6

About 1 girl in 14,480 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,114 for Cyra itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Sadia test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cyra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sadia climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sadia's path sketches the road Cyra is walking now.

40%chance Cyra will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Cyra, aligned on its peakSadia· peak 1998not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsSadia · #5018Cyra today
Cyra today is about where Sadia stood in 1998 — in its own peak year. By 2013, Sadia had settled around #5357.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Cyra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Cyra is headed

19742030

US babies named Cyra per year, 1974 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Cyra should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+14% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Cyra beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Cyra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Cyrathis name64#2691Maricela64#2691Annmarie64#2691Layana64#2691Meher64#2691

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Isaiah calls a Persian king the Lord's anointed is a first-rate fact.
  • The Greek 'lady' reading is a second genuine possibility.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Cyrus's own meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
  • Kyra and Cyra are said differently by many.
  • It will need spelling out every time.

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Frequently asked

How many Cyras are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Cyra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Cyra?
Cyra is the most-used spelling in US records — 64 of the 111 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Syra, Sira, Cira and Cyrah.
How popular is the name Cyra in 2025?
Cyra ranks #2691 among US girl names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Cyra?
About 1 in every 25,114 US girls born in 2025 was named Cyra — 64 in all.
Will my child share the name Cyra with classmates?
Cyra will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Cyra

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Maricela#2691 · Annmarie#2691 · Layana#2691 · Meher#2691 · Aeris#2691 · Zulema#2691 · Adelyne#2691 · Sable#2691

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