NameTides

Lyric

Lyric was the #640 girls' name in the US in 2025 (451 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Lyric as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lyric as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lyric as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#640 (451)#3,333 (7)#2,282 (9)
2024#593 (508)#3,696 (6)#2,685 (7)
2023#537 (564)#4,057 (5)#1,419 (16)
2022#469 (678)#4,646 (4)#1,635 (13)
2021#413 (760)#3,961 (5)#1,082 (24)
2020#408 (768)#4,535 (4)#1,087 (23)
2019#364 (869)—#1,533 (15)
2018#321 (1,017)#5,666 (3)#953 (28)
2017#306 (1,072)#3,229 (7)#1,269 (19)
2016#276 (1,139)#3,214 (7)#1,075 (24)
2015#286 (1,120)#5,730 (3)#1,043 (24)
2014#271 (1,223)#5,691 (3)#808 (34)
2013#275 (1,168)—#864 (31)
2012#294 (1,083)—#999 (26)
2011#324 (975)#5,785 (3)#894 (29)

Lyric as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lyric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lyric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,388 (132)#4,275 (4)#1,718 (12)
2024#1,364 (138)#5,120 (3)#1,583 (13)
2023#1,176 (174)—#1,592 (12)
2022#1,057 (208)#4,790 (3)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,067 (200)#4,789 (3)#1,230 (17)
2020#959 (227)—#1,312 (15)
2019#1,047 (196)—#1,326 (15)
2018#931 (226)#4,749 (3)#858 (27)
2017#940 (222)—#1,194 (17)
2016#958 (215)—#1,198 (17)
2015#890 (248)—#1,266 (15)
2014#859 (257)#2,964 (6)#1,200 (16)
2013#799 (275)#3,822 (4)#1,312 (14)
2012#824 (266)—#837 (27)
2011#860 (246)—#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #271.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.
  • In 2025, 77% of US babies named Lyric were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lyric is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lyric by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #494ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #726TXFlorida: #735FL
Lyric (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LyricCanadaGirls#2,2829
LyricCanadaBoys#1,71812
LyricEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
LyricEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
LyricUSGirls#640451
LyricUSBoys#1,388132