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Kayra

#4,495 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Kindness, favour

Kayra has been given to 871 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #4,495 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Kayra, 2025

1 in 107,000

Kayra over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kayra over time

In 2025, Kayra went to 84% girls and 16% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kayra: meaning, origin, and history

Kindness, favour

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kayra means

Kayra means “kindness, favour”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kayra is used in Turkish.

Kayra comes through Arabic خَيْر.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include hayır.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Kayra is pronounced /kajˈɾaː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 830 girls were recorded with the name Kayra between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2023; its best national rank was #3,497 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,697 in 2020 to #4,495 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,214 in 2015 to #4,495 in 2025.

In the United States, 41 boys were recorded with the name Kayra between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,997 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,103 in 2020 to #11,351 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kayra?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,495
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kayra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kayra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kayras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kayra was born before 2010 — so the typical Kayra is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
830
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Choose a decade

2000s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (282).

Is Kayra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−568
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+202
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+719
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.19×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.9%
Peak was 2023 (45)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,497
2023

Spellings of Kayra

Kayra is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 22.8% against Kayra's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kayra is used

Across 1910–2025, Kayra was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 395,878 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kayra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kayra around the world

Where Kayra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #2,278
    in 2025
  • France
    2007–2025
    #1,706
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kayra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,495
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 202
Best rank ever
#3,497
2023
Peak year
2023
45 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
830
Count in 2025
31

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,351
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,752
Best rank ever
#7,997
2023
Peak year
2023
10 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
41
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Kayra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kayra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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