Tyra comes from the Danish / Norwegian / Scandinavian / Swedish tradition, meaning Like A Thunder.
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How popular is Tyra?
1998peak year
The name Tyra reached its peak in 1998, with 943 registrations (ranked #320). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1914. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #3512) today, averaging about 48 new babies per year. Tyra has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 14,737 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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