Girls' name · since 1996
Lyrics
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 55 babies named Lyrics, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyrics sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1996.
Lyrics has 55 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2016.
- #33,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyrics ranks #33,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyrics's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyrics's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyrics's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyrics popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lyrics by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Lyrics's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Lyrics births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lyrics: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lyrics draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.