Nyra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 55 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
55
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#676
55 babies · up from #767

How Nyra has moved

US popularity rank, 2021–2023. Lower is more popular.
#771#914#1056202120222023#976

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YearUS rank
2021#851
2022#969
2023#976

Nyra by the numbers

In 2025, 55 babies in England and Wales were named Nyra. In the US, 98 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 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 Nyra

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

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Nuralight or illumination42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niraplowed field4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyla220 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nya123 in the US (2017)
  • Nara34 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nyra

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

  • Nyrah13 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nyra

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