Lyric
About Lyric
Associated with poetry, pop music, and the Greek lyre, Lyric has a light and zippy sound to it. Currently more popular for girls in the US, it was in the Top 1000 for boys between 2007 and 2020. Currently given to around 170 boys each year, for every baby boy called Lyric, there are three girls given the name.
Pronounced LEAR-ik.
As of October 2026, Lyric ranked #1391 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #800 in 2013, Nameberry popularity #812.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #861 | 257 | 133.8 |
| 2015 | #890 | 248 | 129.4 |
| 2016 | #960 | 215 | 113.3 |
| 2017 | #940 | 222 | 119.9 |
| 2018 | #930 | 226 | 124.4 |
| 2019 | #1,052 | 195 | 108.7 |
| 2020 | #960 | 227 | 131.5 |
| 2021 | #1,069 | 200 | 114.3 |
| 2022 | #1,059 | 208 | 119.1 |
| 2023 | #1,180 | 174 | 101.7 |
| 2024 | #1,365 | 138 | 80.1 |
| 2025 | #1,391 | 132 | 77.3 |
World rankings
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Lyric on lists
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- Lyric Santana Smith
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- Lyric Mitchell
son of actor/comedian Kel Mitchell
- Lyric Lennon Parker
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- Lyric Sonny Roads Goldberg
son of Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg
- Lyrik London
son of actor Jeremy London