Lyric
- #640 for girls in 2025, 451 births
- #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
- Given to girls 81.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 1,223 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,875since 1945
Lyric over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #640 | 451 | #1,388 | 132 |
| 2024 | #593 | 508 | #1,364 | 138 |
| 2023 | #537 | 564 | #1,176 | 174 |
| 2022 | #469 | 678 | #1,057 | 208 |
| 2021 | #413 | 760 | #1,067 | 200 |
| 2020 | #408 | 768 | #959 | 227 |
| 2019 | #364 | 869 | #1,047 | 196 |
| 2018 | #321 | 1,017 | #931 | 226 |
| 2017 | #306 | 1,072 | #940 | 222 |
| 2016 | #276 | 1,139 | #958 | 215 |
| 2015 | #286 | 1,120 | #890 | 248 |
| 2014 | #271 | 1,223 | #859 | 257 |
| 2013 | #275 | 1,168 | #799 | 275 |
| 2012 | #294 | 1,083 | #824 | 266 |
| 2011 | #324 | 975 | #860 | 246 |
| 2010 | #397 | 806 | #808 | 265 |
| 2009 | #407 | 779 | #883 | 238 |
| 2008 | #429 | 739 | #940 | 216 |
| 2007 | #550 | 556 | #954 | 207 |
| 2006 | #643 | 447 | #1,127 | 153 |
| 2005 | #686 | 404 | #1,967 | 64 |
| 2004 | #716 | 371 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #677 | 389 | #2,579 | 39 |
| 2002 | #740 | 328 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #827 | 280 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #800 | 285 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #682 | 333 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | #640 | 360 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #600 | 377 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #549 | 425 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #633 | 344 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
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| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
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| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1945
The first year at least five girls were named Lyric! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lyric is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#119 · 1 in 337
- Delaware#140 · 1 in 376
- Missouri#329 · 1 in 1,350
- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 1,113
- Oklahoma#374 · 1 in 1,344
Best ever in a state: #35 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #119 | 6 | 1 in 337 |
| Delaware | #140 | 6 | 1 in 376 |
| Missouri | #329 | 18 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Oklahoma | #374 | 11 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Georgia | #380 | 29 | 1 in 1,559 |
| Iowa | #390 | 8 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Alabama | #436 | 11 | 1 in 1,665 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 25 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Ohio | #444 | 25 | 1 in 1,891 |
| Connecticut | #459 | 6 | 1 in 1,917 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Michigan | #484 | 17 | 1 in 2,102 |
| Illinois | #494 | 20 | 1 in 2,216 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Tennessee | #532 | 14 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Maryland | #549 | 9 | 1 in 2,221 |
| Virginia | #573 | 13 | 1 in 2,595 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 7 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 14 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Texas | #726 | 41 | 1 in 3,916 |
| Florida | #735 | 22 | 1 in 3,944 |
| New York | #790 | 20 | 1 in 3,916 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lyric
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 232 spots since 2020 (#408 → #640)
- Biggest jump: 2,119 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 2000
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 2014 at #271 (1,223 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,461
- Highest: 1 in 1,461 girls born in 2014 were named Lyric (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,564 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 50.2% of all girls named Lyric (10,472) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1945
- Mostly boys until 1944, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,556 (1945) | #4,556 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,246 (1968) | #6,419 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,905 (1976) | #6,450 |
| 1980s | 111 | #3,690 (1988) | #5,008 |
| 1990s | 1,952 | #549 (1996) | #2,750 |
| 2000s | 4,578 | #407 (2009) | #648 |
| 2010s | 10,472 | #271 (2014) | #311 |
| 2020s | 3,729 | #408 (2020) | #510 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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