The name has been among the one thousand most used names for newborn girls in the United States since 2015 and among the five hundred most used names for American newborn girls since 2021.[7] The name has ranked among the top five hundred most used names for newborn girls in England and Wales since 2009 and among the top one hundred names since 2020.[8] Usage of the name was first recorded in Ireland in 2009, when three Irish girls were called Lyra. The name was among the top three hundred names for girls in Ireland in 2021, when nineteen newborn Irish girls were given the name.[9]
People
As a given name
Lyra McKee (1990–2019), Northern Irish journalist and author
Lyra Taylor (1894–1979), social worker and lawyer from New Zealand
^ Wattenberg, Laura (2018). The Baby Name Wizard, 2019 Revised 4th Edition: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby. Harmony Books. p. 131. ISBN978-0-7704-3647-6.
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