first name
LYRIC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,881 people named Lyric, 48.3% reported their origin as Black, 29% as White and 10.8% as two or more races. 81.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lyric peaked in 2014, when 1,480 babies got the name.
At least 25,552 babies have been given the name since 1928. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lyric by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #537. The largest share of babies named Lyric, 55%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lyric is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyric has been most common in Nevada (2.7×), Maryland (2×), and Georgia (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).
22,832 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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