Kayra
Feminine · “grace”
Kayra is given to both — 830 girls and 41 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Kayra is a Turkish word for grace — divine favor given without being earned, which is a precise theological term.
How old is the name Kayra?
Kayra first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Kayra alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 800 people named Kayra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kayra most popular?
Kayra peaked in 2023, reaching #3476 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 984 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Kayra
Kayra names favor granted from above, and Turkic mythology gives Kayra Han as a supreme creator deity in the pre-Islamic material recorded from Siberian and Central Asian traditions. The word survived into modern Turkish as a theological term. As a personal name it is recent, used for both sexes, and reaches American records with Turkish families.
Meaning
grace, divine favor
From Turkish kayra, grace or benevolence shown by a superior; the word is used in Turkish theology for divine grace and in older usage for a ruler's favor. Kayra Han is a creator figure in Turkic mythology.
Pronouncing Kayra
KY-rah
Two syllables, first stressed. Turkish gives the same shape.
Nicknames for Kayra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 202345 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3476reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −18.4%31 in 2025, from 38
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.
Kayra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kayra in Turkish — same name
- Qayra in Azerbaijani — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, New York.
Kayras among us
people named Kayra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Kayra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kayra
- #4460
- Kayra on the 2025 chart
- #752
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kayra went to 31 girls in 2025, but Kaira, Caira and Khaira and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 209, which makes it the 752nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,708 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 7,690 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 51,847 for Kayra 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jassmine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kayra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jassmine climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jassmine's path sketches the road Kayra is walking now.
Kayra 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 Kayra is headed
Kayra looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Kayra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kayra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely precise theological sense.
- Kay is a complete short form with its own long record.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- It is used for both sexes in Turkey, so forms may guess wrong.
- Kayra, Kaira and Kyra are all close and get confused.
- It is entirely unfamiliar outside Turkish communities in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kayras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Kayra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kayra?
- Kayra is one of 6 recorded spellings. Kaira is the more common one — 152 births in 2025 against 31 for Kayra.
- How popular is the name Kayra in 2025?
- Kayra ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kayra?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Kayra — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kayra with classmates?
- Kayra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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