Lyric

Where Lyric comes from

The dictionaries list Lyric as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #4,556 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2003
    Lyric Ross born
    American actress
  4. 2014
    Peak, #271
    1,223 babies named Lyric — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #537.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Lyric Ross · American actress, born 2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.