girl's name

Zayra

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,830

Zayra is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 82 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 85,012 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1981.

Zayra over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Zayra by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 62
1990s 298
2000s 616
2010s 466
2020s (to 2025) 241

How popular is Zayra?

In 2025, Zayra was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Zayra is used

France #2,018 15 in 2025
England & Wales #2,027 14 in 2025
Canada #3,519 5 in 2023
United States #3,787 39 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zayra

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zayra also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zayra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Zayra

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zayra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zayra

How popular is the name Zayra?

In 2025, Zayra was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Zayra a girl's or a boy's name?

Zayra is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Zayra most popular?

Zayra peaked in 2004, when 82 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Zayra a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zayra currently ranks #2,018 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.