Name meaning & stats
Lyra
Lyra (Ancient Greek origin). 8,000 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
8,000 US babies were named Lyra between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lyra (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
- Lyra 89%
- Leira 5%
- Lira 4%
- Lyrah 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)