Ayra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 422 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
422
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#939
down from #928
UK popularity
#115
422 babies · up from #134

How Ayra has moved

US popularity rank, 2023–2025. Lower is more popular.
#850#936#1022202320242025#939

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YearUS rank
2023#944
2024#928
2025#939

Ayra by the numbers

In 2025, 422 babies in England and Wales were named Ayra. In the US, 94 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Ayra

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 Ayra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayvalife; a respelling of Ava226 in the US (2017)
  • Aydahelper or aid; a form of Aida165 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aurabreeze or breath; luminous emanation60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
  • Azravirgin; maiden27 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ayra

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

  • Aureagolden4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arahlion; a form of Ariel or Ari11 in the US (2017)
  • Aira127 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayrah69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Airah60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aara19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ayra

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