Tyra
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 943 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,626since 1914
Tyra over time
Rank among girls' names. Tyra has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 61 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,535 | 70 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,187 | 85 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,190 | 86 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,546 | 146 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,325 | 186 | — | |
| 2007 | #947 | 286 | — | |
| 2006 | #659 | 439 | — | |
| 2005 | #645 | 430 | — | |
| 2004 | #701 | 382 | — | |
| 2003 | #705 | 372 | — | |
| 2002 | #675 | 372 | — | |
| 2001 | #580 | 440 | — | |
| 2000 | #445 | 635 | — | |
| 1999 | #387 | 726 | — | |
| 1998 | #319 | 943 | — | |
| 1997 | #340 | 837 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #421 | 604 | — | |
| 1995 | #530 | 454 | — | |
| 1994 | #655 | 327 | — | |
| 1993 | #791 | 258 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,016 | 185 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,144 | 155 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,072 | 165 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,231 | 130 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,116 | 138 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,115 | 134 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,032 | 146 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #829 | 196 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,011 | 141 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,030 | 136 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 | — | |
| 1981 | #906 | 165 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #898 | 169 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #854 | 182 | — | |
| 1978 | #811 | 184 | — | |
| 1977 | #779 | 194 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #785 | 182 | — | |
| 1975 | #671 | 225 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #690 | 213 | — | |
| 1973 | #711 | 205 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #654 | 233 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #588 | 296 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #577 | 308 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #618 | 258 | — | |
| 1968 | #837 | 148 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,011 | 103 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,017 | 103 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,032 | 102 | — | |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,470 | 52 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tyra! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tyra is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#210 · 1 in 1,066
- Louisiana#253 · 1 in 1,215
- District of Columbia#322 · 1 in 1,759
- Connecticut#379 · 1 in 2,637
- Arkansas#394 · 1 in 2,782
Best ever in a state: #61 in Hawaii, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #210 | 22 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Louisiana | #253 | 24 | 1 in 1,215 |
| District of Columbia | #322 | 5 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Connecticut | #379 | 7 | 1 in 2,637 |
| Arkansas | #394 | 5 | 1 in 2,782 |
| Kentucky | #399 | 8 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Oklahoma | #400 | 7 | 1 in 2,521 |
| Indiana | #407 | 12 | 1 in 3,426 |
| Alabama | #408 | 9 | 1 in 2,953 |
| Mississippi | #418 | 7 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Wisconsin | #470 | 6 | 1 in 5,151 |
| Pennsylvania | #479 | 18 | 1 in 4,464 |
| Ohio | #501 | 16 | 1 in 5,229 |
| Missouri | #523 | 7 | 1 in 4,884 |
| New Jersey | #524 | 10 | 1 in 4,645 |
| North Carolina | #531 | 8 | 1 in 5,033 |
| Illinois | #552 | 17 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Tennessee | #605 | 5 | 1 in 6,223 |
| Michigan | #675 | 9 | 1 in 7,667 |
| California | #694 | 25 | 1 in 5,936 |
| Texas | #729 | 16 | 1 in 6,491 |
| New York | #739 | 16 | 1 in 7,826 |
| Georgia | #740 | 5 | 1 in 7,766 |
| Florida | #808 | 6 | 1 in 7,960 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tyra
- 58 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #4,352)
- 183 spots since 2020 (#4,169 → #4,352)
- 1,667 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1964 (#1,241 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 378 spots in 2008 (#947 → #1,325)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1998 at #319 (943 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1993–2007
- Highest: 1 in 1,874 girls born in 1998 were named Tyra (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.8% of all girls named Tyra (4,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,873 (1926) | #3,873 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,638 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,807 (1949) | #2,670 |
| 1950s | 369 | #1,450 (1959) | #1,778 |
| 1960s | 1,095 | #618 (1969) | #1,109 |
| 1970s | 2,222 | #577 (1970) | #712 |
| 1980s | 1,496 | #829 (1985) | #1,020 |
| 1990s | 4,654 | #319 (1998) | #668 |
| 2000s | 3,688 | #445 (2000) | #823 |
| 2010s | 714 | #1,897 (2010) | #2,566 |
| 2020s | 213 | #3,250 (2021) | #4,117 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tyra in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 5,621 of them was named Tyra, which outranked 93.9% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 252,635 of them was named Tyra, which outranked 29.9% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,658Zacharia8
- #3,658Zavier8
- #3,658Zev8
- #3,963Tyra7
- #3,963Adarryll7
- #3,963Adell7
- #3,963Adin7
- #4,375Abelino6
- #4,375Absalom6
- #4,375Acey6
Tied with 411 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.