girls:
19.9k births since 1945
#1036 (82nd percentile)
boys:
4.4k births since 1928
#1827 (60th percentile)
overall:
24.3k births since 1928
#1628 (79th percentile)
The name Lyric is the #1,628 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,299 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 79.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,036 (81.9% percentile) for all time with 19,899 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #1,827 (60.1% percentile) for all time with 4,400 births since 1928.
Lyric first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Lyric is available in 47 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lyric has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.6% of babies named Lyric were girls. Interestingly, until around 1945, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1928 to 1944), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.9% girls from 1945 to 2023).
For girls, Lyric reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 72.8% percentile (ranked #264) with 625 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 625 births per million (ranked 72.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lyric ranks #472 for girls (50.2% percentile) with 321 births per million, which is 51.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lyric reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 29.2% percentile (ranked #629) with 136 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 136 births per million (ranked 29.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lyric ranks #744 for boys (18.4% percentile) with 94 births per million, which is 69.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyric".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lyric. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.2% confident that Lyric is pronounced as LIH-rihk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-rihk, at 12.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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