# Lyric (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyric/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,552 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,677 / 20,875 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 131, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 975 | 324 |
| 2012 | 1,083 | 294 |
| 2013 | 1,168 | 276 |
| 2014 | 1,223 | 271 |
| 2015 | 1,120 | 287 |
| 2016 | 1,139 | 276 |
| 2017 | 1,072 | 306 |
| 2018 | 1,017 | 321 |
| 2019 | 869 | 365 |
| 2020 | 768 | 408 |
| 2021 | 760 | 413 |
| 2022 | 678 | 470 |
| 2023 | 564 | 538 |
| 2024 | 508 | 595 |
| 2025 | 451 | 640 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 246 | 862 |
| 2012 | 266 | 824 |
| 2013 | 275 | 800 |
| 2014 | 257 | 861 |
| 2015 | 248 | 890 |
| 2016 | 215 | 960 |
| 2017 | 222 | 941 |
| 2018 | 226 | 931 |
| 2019 | 196 | 1,049 |
| 2020 | 227 | 960 |
| 2021 | 200 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1,059 |
| 2023 | 174 | 1,182 |
| 2024 | 138 | 1,367 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,391 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Lyric

- Lyric Ross, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.