Lyric Girl
How popular is Lyric?
#640 girl name in 2025
451 baby girls were named Lyric in the US in 2025, making it the 640th most popular girl name. Another 132 boys got the name (#1,388 for boys).
Lyric popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #640 for girls (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 451 girls, 132 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #286 in 2015, #408 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (1,223 girls) |
| Highest rank | #271 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 20% boys, 80% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lyric counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lyric family of names ranked #552 for girls in 2025 (#502 the year before), with 520 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lyric is most popular
Babies named Lyric per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 1.9 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Maryland: 1.0 per 1,000 (104 girls)
Lyric by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,244 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,903 |
| 1980s | 111 | #3,685 |
| 1990s | 1,952 | #549 |
| 2000s | 4,578 | #407 |
| 2010s | 10,472 | #271 |
| 2020s | 3,729 | #408 |
Girl names about as popular as Lyric
Questions
- Is Lyric a boy or girl name?
- Lyric is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 80% of babies named Lyric were girls.
- How popular is the name Lyric?
- 451 baby girls were named Lyric in the US in 2025, making it the 640th most popular girl name. Another 132 boys got the name (#1,388 for boys).
- When was Lyric most popular?
- Lyric peaked in 2014, when 1,223 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #271 in 2014.
- How many people are named Lyric?
- 25,552 babies have been named Lyric in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,361 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Lyric most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyric was most common in Delaware, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.