Lyfe — #5184 US boys' name
318 babies named Lyfe in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Lyfe was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Lyfe in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyfe
The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Lyfe between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyfe currently holds the #5184 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Lyfe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 124 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyfe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lyfe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lyfe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyfe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 318 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lyfe at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lyfe popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2016)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #5184 among boys.
318 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 29 births in a single year.
Lyfe popularity over time — girls
124 total births recorded since 2006 (Lyfe as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lyfe accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lyfe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 169 births that decade — 53% of Lyfe's all-time total
Lyfe decade highlights
- Peak decade 169 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lyfe's strongest decade
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Lyfe by state
Where Lyfe concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 318 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.