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Lyrik

LEER-ik /ˈlɪrɪk/

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

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.

Bar and line chart: Lyrik in the U.S., 1995–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 107 in 2013 and 27 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #1,880 in 2013, #4,878 in 2025.
  • Girls named Lyrik (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1995–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Girls year by year, 1995⁠–⁠2025 31 rows
Lyrik: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025274,878▼ 584
2024334,294▼ 180
2023354,114▼ 801
2022483,313▼ 465
2021592,848▲ 293
2020503,141▼ 139
2019543,002▼ 258
2018622,744▲ 401
2017513,145▼ 606
2016702,539▼ 131
2015762,408▼ 141
2014822,267▼ 387
20131071,880▲ 688
2012702,568▼ 352
2011852,216▲ 454
2010672,670▲ 377
2009563,047▲ 537
2008453,584▲ 983
2007324,567▲ 386
2006284,953▲ 847
2005215,800▼ 56
2004215,744▲ 1,463
2003157,207▼ 162
2002157,045▼ 1,223
2001195,822▲ 1,758
2000137,580▲ 136
1999127,716▲ 2,406
1998810,122▼ 2,839
1997127,283▲ 849
1996108,132▲ 5,254
1995513,386new

Boys year by year, 1999⁠–⁠2025 24 rows
Lyrik: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025293,757▲ 139
2024283,896▼ 422
2023333,474▼ 644
2022452,830▲ 1,288
2021254,118▼ 1,460
2020472,658▲ 543
2019363,201▼ 308
2018412,893▼ 256
2017472,637▲ 298
2016402,935▼ 682
2015592,253▲ 149
2014532,402▼ 152
2013572,250▲ 20
2012572,270▲ 47
2011552,317▲ 262
2010472,579▲ 268
2009422,847▲ 158
2008393,005▲ 183
2007353,188▲ 1,182
2006214,370▲ 1,208
2005145,578back (not recorded in 2004)
2003116,258back (not recorded in 2001–2002)
2000510,349▼ 437
199959,912new