At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025 (girls)
- #4,878 (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025 (girls)
- 27 (<0.01% of girls)
- As a boy name
- #3,757 in 2025 (29 babies)Peak #2,250 in 2013
- Trend (girls)
- Slipping #3,141 in 2020 to #4,878 in 2025
- Peak (girls)
- #1,880 in 2013
- First recorded
- 1995 (as a girl name; 1999 as a boy name)
Meaning of Lyrik
Lyrik, a supple appellation that glides across the tongue like a plucked string, traces its intellectual pedigree to the Greek λυρικός (lyrikós) and the Latin lyricus, both denoting verse composed to the cadence of the lyre; thus, the name carries in its very phonemes the idea of speech wedded to melody, dulce et utile in harmonious union. Worn comfortably by every gender, Lyrik stands at the crossroads of sound and sense, inviting parents to bestow upon their child an emblem of creative eloquence, much as Orpheus once enchanted stones and rivers with song. Whether voiced as the liquid “LEE-rik” or the brighter “LYE-rik,” each pronunciation still beats in syncopation with antiquity’s cultural drum, whispering of concert halls and candlelit salons where the arts converged in civilized splendour. Statistically modest yet unwavering—hovering around the 850-950 range in American birth records for nearly three decades—the name behaves like a steadfast musical motif, subtle enough to feel intimate, yet persistent enough to promise recognition. In an era starved for authenticity, Lyrik offers more than aesthetic flourish: it embodies the classical conviction that words possess rhythm, that life itself may be measured in stanzas, and that a child, like a fresh score, awaits the symphony of experience to be written upon the staff of fate.
How to pronounce Lyrik
English
- Pronounced LEER-ik /ˈlɪrɪk/
- Pronounced LY-rik /ˈlaɪk/
Popularity of Lyrik in the U.S.
Lyrik was the #4,878 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 27 babies. It peaked at #1,880 in 2013. It first appears in the records in 1995. As a boy name it was #3,757 in 2025, with 29 babies.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Girls year by year, 1995–2025 31 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 4,878 | ▼ 584 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,294 | ▼ 180 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,114 | ▼ 801 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,313 | ▼ 465 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,848 | ▲ 293 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,141 | ▼ 139 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,002 | ▼ 258 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,744 | ▲ 401 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,145 | ▼ 606 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,539 | ▼ 131 |
| 2015 | 76 | 2,408 | ▼ 141 |
| 2014 | 82 | 2,267 | ▼ 387 |
| 2013 | 107 | 1,880 | ▲ 688 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,568 | ▼ 352 |
| 2011 | 85 | 2,216 | ▲ 454 |
| 2010 | 67 | 2,670 | ▲ 377 |
| 2009 | 56 | 3,047 | ▲ 537 |
| 2008 | 45 | 3,584 | ▲ 983 |
| 2007 | 32 | 4,567 | ▲ 386 |
| 2006 | 28 | 4,953 | ▲ 847 |
| 2005 | 21 | 5,800 | ▼ 56 |
| 2004 | 21 | 5,744 | ▲ 1,463 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,207 | ▼ 162 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,045 | ▼ 1,223 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5,822 | ▲ 1,758 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,580 | ▲ 136 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,716 | ▲ 2,406 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,122 | ▼ 2,839 |
| 1997 | 12 | 7,283 | ▲ 849 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,132 | ▲ 5,254 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,386 | new |
Boys year by year, 1999–2025 24 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 3,757 | ▲ 139 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,896 | ▼ 422 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,474 | ▼ 644 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,830 | ▲ 1,288 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,118 | ▼ 1,460 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,658 | ▲ 543 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,201 | ▼ 308 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,893 | ▼ 256 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,637 | ▲ 298 |
| 2016 | 40 | 2,935 | ▼ 682 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,253 | ▲ 149 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2,402 | ▼ 152 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,250 | ▲ 20 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,270 | ▲ 47 |
| 2011 | 55 | 2,317 | ▲ 262 |
| 2010 | 47 | 2,579 | ▲ 268 |
| 2009 | 42 | 2,847 | ▲ 158 |
| 2008 | 39 | 3,005 | ▲ 183 |
| 2007 | 35 | 3,188 | ▲ 1,182 |
| 2006 | 21 | 4,370 | ▲ 1,208 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5,578 | back (not recorded in 2004) |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,258 | back (not recorded in 2001–2002) |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,349 | ▼ 437 |
| 1999 | 5 | 9,912 | new |