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How popular is the name Lyra?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lyras are alive today.
Lyra (female) is currently the 83rd most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 573 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2022, when 641 babies were given the name, the 78th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 5,800 babies have been named Lyra in England and Wales since 1999.
The Lyra you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Lyras born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 5,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Lyra.
How many babies are named Lyra each year?
Where does Lyra rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lyra most popular?
Lyra peaked in 2022, when 641 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lyra?
At least 5,800 people named Lyra born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lyra?
Most living Lyras are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 4.
Is Lyra becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.