Meaning and history
Lyra is the name of a northern-sky constellation that contains the star Vega and is traditionally said to be shaped like the lyre of Orpheus. It is also the name of the main character in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, which began in 1995.
20062006: 62 births, rank #2,815
2007: 67 births, rank #2,710
2008: 200 births, rank #1,257
2009: 234 births, rank #1,088
2010: 219 births, rank #1,122
20112011: 243 births, rank #1,025
2012: 247 births, rank #1,026
2013: 250 births, rank #1,001
2014: 249 births, rank #1,040
2015: 276 births, rank #978
20162016: 298 births, rank #921
2017: 396 births, rank #724
2018: 429 births, rank #681
2019: 431 births, rank #673
2020: 543 births, rank #549
20212021: 643 births, rank #489
2022: 637 births, rank #496
2023: 639 births, rank #482
2024: 642 births, rank #482
20252025: 711 births, rank #435
Lyra rose from #482 to #435 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 711.