Cyra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
19
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1584
19 babies

Cyra by the numbers

In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Cyra. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cyra

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

  • Coramaiden; a form of Kore3,422 in the US (2017)
  • Caradear or beloved85 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cira15 in the US (2017)
  • Cera12 in the US (2017)
  • Cyla5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cyra

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

  • Sirabiography, life story10 in the US (2017)
  • Syra15 in the US (2017)
  • Syrai9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cyra

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