Mostly girls · peaked in 2014
Lyric name popularity since 1925
25,552 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lyric (81.7% girls, 18.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Lyric is about 13 years old in 2026. Lyric peaked in 2014 as the #271 name for girls, and it ranked #640 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,552
- Named Lyric, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #640
- for girls in 2025 (451 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 81.7% girls
- 20,875 girls · 4,677 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Lyric made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lyric births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Lyric both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Lyric became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 4,250 baby girls to 1 in 1,800.
- Steepest fall: Between 2018 and 2023, its share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 1,670 to 1 in 2,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lyric's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lyric.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lyric in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 | #4,969 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 11 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 17 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 111 | 0 | #6,749 |
| 1990s | 1,952 | 110 | #633 |
| 2000s | 4,578 | 1,067 | #687 |
| 2010s | 10,472 | 2,416 | #287 |
| 2020–25 | 3,729 | 1,079 | #640 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.0% of babies named Lyric from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Lyric is most popular
The index compares Lyric's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lyric.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.02× | 1,291 |
| Maryland | 1.98× | 697 |
| Oklahoma | 1.90× | 571 |
| Florida | 1.87× | 1,557 |
| Louisiana | 1.86× | 769 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lyric and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lyric (this page) | 20,875 | 2014 |
| Lyrik | 1,288 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lyric's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lyric.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lyric (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data