Akyra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Akyra by the numbers

Akyra was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 59 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Akyra

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Akyra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Akirabright or clear273 in the US (2017)
  • Akarashape or form5 in the US (2017)
  • Ayra422 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amyra72 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aayra18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alyra6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Akyra

Names that are said the same way as Akyra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Akirahbright, clear; a form of Akira11 in the US (2017)
  • Akhiraa form of Akhirah, the afterlife or hereafter5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Akyra

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