Tyrah
Feminine
Tyrah adds a silent letter to a short name that could be Norse, could be a build, and could be a city on the Lebanese coast. That city's one great industry produced the most expensive color in the ancient world out of shellfish.
How old is the name Tyrah?
Tyrah first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Tyrah alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 700 people named Tyrah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tyrah most popular?
Tyrah peaked in 1991, reaching #2111 nationally. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tyrah
Tyrian purple was made from sea snails, and the process was appalling. The dye comes from a gland in a murex, each animal yielding a drop; the glands were extracted, left in the sun and then boiled in lead vats for days, and the smell was bad enough that dyeworks were legally confined to the edges of towns. Estimates run to ten thousand snails for a single gram of dye, and a full-length garment could cost more than a house. That is why purple meant royalty: it was a straightforward price signal, and Roman law eventually restricted the deepest shade to the emperor. The industry left mounds of crushed shells along the Levantine coast that are still visible. The color also improved with exposure to light instead of fading, which no other ancient dye did.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Tyra is a Scandinavian name built on the god Tyr; it is also an American build on a free front and ending; and it is the English spelling of a Phoenician city. Nothing in the record chooses, and the added h is a modern spelling device borrowed from Hebrew transliteration.
Pronouncing Tyrah
TY-ruh
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The final h is completely silent and marks nothing except that the spelling is a modern one.
Nicknames for Tyrah
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 199163 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2111reached in 1991
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%6 in 2024, from 6
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.
Tyrahs among us
people named Tyrah are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tyrah sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- Ty detaches cleanly and works for a child of either sex.
- The sound is familiar even where the spelling is not.
- Tyra is far commoner and will be written for it.
- The added h is silent, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- Three unrelated origins are possible, so the meaning question has no single answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tyrahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Tyrah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tyrah in 2025?
- Tyrah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tyrah with classmates?
- Tyrah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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