Given name

Khyra

Khyra is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Khyra isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Khyra through the years

Babies since 1880
449
0 boys · 449 girls
Most popular year
2006
26 babies
2025
9
#10,518 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−14%
Easing
05101520002025Highest share 20065.6
Khyra in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,518 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 350 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Khyra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Damara

16Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Kitara

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Kaidra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Nykira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Takiyah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Dashira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Idaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Keilah

“a lively and bright-headed woman”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Khyra’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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