Kyrie
Kyrie is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Kyrie Irving, American basketball player Kyrie Kristmanson, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician Kyrie O'Connor, American writer and newspaper editor Kyrie Wilson, American gridiron football player
- African American
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kyrie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyrie is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Kyrie Irving, American basketball player Kyrie Kristmanson, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician Kyrie O'Connor, American writer and newspaper editor Kyrie Wilson, American gridiron football player
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
- English
The Story of Kyrie
As a girl name
American parents first put Kyrie on the record books as a girl name in 1969, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 198 Kyries were born — ranking #1,232 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Kyries. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,512 among girl names with 71 births, falling sharply (-42%). In total, more than 4K Kyries have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kyrie on the record books as a boy name in 1986, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 1,779 Kyries were born — ranking #215 that year. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 54% of all recorded Kyries. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #244 among boy names with 1,459 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 20K Kyries have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kyrie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kyrie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kyrie
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About the name Kyrie
Kyrie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 20K births in the dataset. Kyrie's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #215. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyrie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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