Lyriq
Lyriq was the 3623rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2617th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 118 places. More babies were named Lyriq in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Lyric) lyric (word name) · English, Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #3,623 girls, up 350 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42girls
- Girls and boys
- 81% girls, 19% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201269 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,021babies recorded
What does the name Lyriq mean?
Lyriq is a spelling of Lyric, pronounced the same way, so it shares Lyric's meaning and origin.
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
Lyriq popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #3,623 | #7,483 | 42 | 11 |
| 2020 | #3,973 | #7,316 | 36 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,394 | — | 48 | — |
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How popular is Lyriq, counting every spelling?
Lyriq is a spelling of Lyric, a name family that ranked #580 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,623 for Lyriq 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 Lyriq?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lyriq (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lyriq 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 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lyriq.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lyriq?
About 900 people born in the US named Lyriq are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 15. That makes Lyriq a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Lyriq by state
How common Lyriq was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lyriq: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lyriq, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lyriq
What does Lyriq mean?
Lyriq is a spelling of Lyric, which means “lyric (word name)” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Lyriq?
Lyriq was the 3623rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2617th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 118 places. More babies were named Lyriq in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lyriq a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 81% girls, 19% boys given the name Lyriq in the US.
Where is Lyriq most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lyriq was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Florida.