Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lyra” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lyra” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lyra” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lyra” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lyra” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lyra” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lyra” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lyra” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 100%
1981 19 0.000005492 19 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 100%
2002 28 0.00000749 28 100%
2003 26 0.000006838 26 100%
2004 45 0.000011777 45 100%
2005 50 0.000013004 50 100%
2006 62 0.000015672 62 100%
2007 67 0.00001676 67 100%
2008 200 0.000050882 200 100%
2009 233 0.000060992 233 100%
2010 219 0.000059257 219 100%
2011 243 0.000066434 243 100%
2012 247 0.000067535 247 100%
2013 250 0.000068575 250 100%
2014 249 0.000067182 249 100%
2015 276 0.000074576 276 100%
2016 298 0.000081228 298 100%
2017 396 0.000110732 396 100%
2018 429 0.000122017 429 100%
2019 431 0.000124174 431 100%
2020 543 0.000162547 543 100%
2021 643 0.00018979 643 100%
2022 637 0.000188287 637 100%
2023 638 0.00019268 638 100%
2024 638 0.000191678 638 100%

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