Lyra
Quick answers about Lyra
How many people are named Lyra?
An estimated 7,891 living Americans are named Lyra.
How rare is Lyra?
Lyra is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 711 girls receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Lyra?
The median age of a living American named Lyra is approximately 7 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 13 years old.
Is Lyra still popular?
Yes — Lyra is currently rising in popularity, with 711 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.6× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Lyra most common?
Lyra has its strongest geographic signal in Oregon, where it appears 3.6× more often than the national baseline.
Lyra is most concentrated in Oregon — about 2.8× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Colorado.
States where Lyra is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.