girls:
2.4k births since 1987
#3546 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1987
#5438 (30th percentile)
The name Kyrah is the #5,438 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,382 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 29.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,546 (37.9% percentile) for all time with 2,382 births since 1987.
Kyrah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987). Birth data for Kyrah is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 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, Kyrah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #875) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 55 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kyrah ranks #893 for girls (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 61.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kyrah".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kyrah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.6% confident that Kyrah is pronounced as KAI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ruh, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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