Lyric
Lyric was the 640th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 451 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 271st with 1,223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 353 places. More babies were named Lyric in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning lyric (word name) · English, Greek
Say it LEER-ik /ˈlɪrɪk/
- Rank in 2025
- #640 girls, down 232 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 451girls
- Girls and boys
- 78% girls, 22% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20141,223 babies
- Total since 1880
- 25,552babies recorded
What does the name Lyric mean?
Lyric is the English word for the words of a song or for a short song-like poem, used as a modern given name for girls and boys. Dictionary.com traces it through Latin lyricus to Greek lyrikos, "of the lyre". Wiktionary records it as a male and female given name. It appears in US records from the 1990s onward.
λυρικός (Ancient Greek, “of the lyre”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lyric', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'lyric', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Lyric popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #640 | #1,391 | 451 | 132 |
| 2020 | #408 | #960 | 768 | 227 |
| 2010 | #397 | #809 | 806 | 265 |
| 2000 | #800 | #3,045 | 285 | 29 |
| 1990 | #4,979 | — | 19 | — |
| 1980 | #5,752 | — | 12 | — |
| 1970 | #8,770 | — | 5 | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Lyric, counting every spelling?
Lyric is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #580 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #640 for Lyric on its own. Together these spellings went to 520 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lyric?
451 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lyric (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lyric born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 19 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lyric.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lyric?
About 20,700 people born in the US named Lyric are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 8 and 18. That makes Lyric mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lyric by state
How common Lyric was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Delaware (5.1×), Mississippi (2.9×), Louisiana (2.7×), Maryland (2.7×), Alabama (2.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, Oregon, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lyric: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lyric, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Lyric · Sibling names for Lyric
Questions about the name Lyric
What does Lyric mean?
Lyric means “lyric (word name)” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Lyric?
Lyric was the 640th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 451 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 271st with 1,223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 353 places. More babies were named Lyric in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lyric a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 78% girls, 22% boys given the name Lyric in the US.
Where is Lyric most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lyric was most common in Delaware (1.85 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and District of Columbia.