How Many People Are Named Lyric?

25,333

people named Lyric are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,491 people in the US has this name

Based on 25,552 babies named Lyric in Social Security records from 1928 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,413

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#754

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Peak Year

2014

1,480 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: LIR-ik
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means simply "lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek λυρικος (lyrikos).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
81.7%
Male
18.3%

Of the babies given the name Lyric, 81.7% were girls and 18.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lyric fell from 100% in the 1980s to 77.6% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lyric alive today is about 13 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 24,736
97.6%
30 to 59 590
2.3%
60 and over 8
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lyric first appears in the records in 1928 and was given most often in 2014, to 1,480 babies. In 2025, 583 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1928 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lyric has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #271, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #640. Among boys, its best rank was #800, in 2013.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#640#1,391
Best rank#271 (2014)#800 (2013)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#302 in the 2010s#891 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lyric alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lyric were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,387 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyric was given 2.4 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.4 times in Louisiana and 2.2 times in Oklahoma.

Texas 2,387
California 1,754
Florida 1,545
Georgia 1,281
Illinois 1,100
Ohio 1,051
North Carolina 943
Michigan 853
New York 832
Pennsylvania 795
Louisiana 763
Tennessee 730
Maryland 692
Virginia 681
Missouri 659
Indiana 659
Oklahoma 566
South Carolina 548
Alabama 455
Washington 394
Arizona 368
Wisconsin 349
Mississippi 339
Colorado 332
Kentucky 327
New Jersey 297
Arkansas 281
Minnesota 233
Kansas 220
Nevada 209
Oregon 187
Iowa 157
Utah 128
District of Columbia 120
Massachusetts 77
Connecticut 71
Delaware 68
Nebraska 50
West Virginia 50
New Mexico 37
Hawaii 29
Alaska 16
South Dakota 11
Idaho 5
Montana 5

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