Lyric is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Lyric means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Lyric across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Lyric has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Lyric is a girl name of Greek origin meaning “of the lyre, songlike”. A modern given name from the English word for song words.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 25,552 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 123 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Lyric per year, United States (1928 to 2025). United States peaked in 2014 (1,480/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2009 (12/yr).
Lyric has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2014, when it ranked #487 nationally (given to 1,489 babies that year).
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