Girl name#1,124 of girl names
Tyra
Pronounced T AY1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1998
- 111 years in use
How popular is Tyra?
Tyra is a girls' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 14,743 children — the 1,124th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 479 births across the past decade, against a peak of 943 in a single year. That peak was in 1998.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T AY1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Tyra
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Tyra
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Tyra?
- Tyra ranks 1,124th among girls' names in US records, with 14,743 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 479.
- Is Tyra a unisex name?
- No. Tyra is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Tyra most popular?
- 1998, when 943 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.