girls:
4.1k births since 1969
#2678 (53rd percentile)
boys:
15.6k births since 1986
#931 (80th percentile)
overall:
19.8k births since 1969
#1823 (76th percentile)
The name Kyrie is the #1,823 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,782 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 76.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #931 (79.7% percentile) for all time with 15,646 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #2,678 (53.1% percentile) for all time with 4,136 births since 1969.
Kyrie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Kyrie is available in 50 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (50 years for girls and 37 years for boys). 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.
The name Kyrie has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Kyrie were boys. Interestingly, until around 2013, the name was more popular for girls (75.4% girls from 1969 to 2012), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (90.0% boys from 2013 to 2023).
For boys, Kyrie reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 76.8% percentile (ranked #213) with 899 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 918 births per million (ranked 76.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kyrie ranks #233 for boys (74.5% percentile) with 805 births per million, which is 87.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kyrie reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 20.2% percentile (ranked #764) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 102 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kyrie ranks #858 for girls (9.4% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 52.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kyrie".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kyrie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.4% confident that Kyrie is pronounced as KAI-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-ree, at 25.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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