Lyric
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Lyric is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 20K(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 185K
- GYGuyana1 in 250K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 256 (measured from records)
- 1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
16,881 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lyric counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 16,881 | 1 in 20K | 14K | Lyric | 256 |
| CN China | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 727K | — | Lyric | 7 |
| PH Philippines | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 348K | — | Lyric | 19 |
| AU Australia | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 319K | 2 | Lyric | 38 |
| CA Canada | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 500K | 3 | Lyric | 44 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 185K | 10 | Lyric | 20 |
| GY Guyana | 3 | 1 in 250K | 3 | — | 2 |
16,881 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lyric Bensonb. 1983USAmerican actress and singer
- Lyric McHenryb. 1992USAmerican film producer
- Lyric Shenb. 1993USAmerican artist (born 1993)
- Lyric Jainb. 1996GBBritish technology entrepreneur
- Lyric Swannb. 2001USAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Lyric Kennedyb. 2002CAactress
- Lyric Rossb. 2003USAmerican actress
- Lyric Hurdb. 2008USactress
- Lyric LewisUSAmerican actress
- Lyric AtchisonCanadian sportswoman
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lyric a male or female name?
- Lyric is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Lyric mean, and where does it come from?
- Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Lyric have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Lyric, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lyric.
- Where is Lyric most common?
- Lyric is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 20 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Lyric?
- In the United States, the national register counted 16,881 people named Lyric in 2020, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lyricThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lyric”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.