girls:
822 births since 1974
#4894 (14th percentile)
overall:
822 births since 1974
#6917 (11th percentile)
The name Cyra is the #6,917 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 822 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,894 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 822 births since 1974.
Cyra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Cyra is available in 43 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Cyra reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #916) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cyra ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 85.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cyra".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cyra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.0% confident that Cyra is pronounced as SAI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SIH-ruh, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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