Lyrica
Feminine · “of the lyre”
Lyrica comes from the lyre, and lyric poetry got its name because it was literally sung to one.
How old is the name Lyrica?
Lyrica first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Lyrica is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Lyrica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lyrica most popular?
Lyrica peaked in 2018, reaching #1937 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 2,724 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lyrica
Ours, offered as ours. Greek divided poetry by how it was performed rather than what it was about: epic was chanted by one voice, drama was acted, and lyric was sung to the lyre by a single poet — Sappho, Pindar, Alcaeus. So lyric originally described a delivery method. The modern sense of the word, meaning personal and emotional, is a later inference from what people who sang alone tended to sing about.
Meaning
of the lyre; lyrical
From Greek lyrikos, belonging to the lyre; poetry sung to the instrument was lyric, as against epic, which was recited. The modern sense of lyrics as song words preserves the original connection exactly.
Pronouncing Lyrica
LEER-ih-kuh
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say LY-rih-kuh.
Nicknames for Lyrica
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1980
- Most girls named
- 2018102 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1937reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- +3.6%29 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lyrica in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lirica in Italian — related form
- Lyrikos in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Louisiana.
Lyricas among us
people named Lyrica are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Lyrica
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rani test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lyrica's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rani climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rani's path sketches the road Lyrica is walking now.
Lyrica sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lyrica is headed
Lyrica is easing off slowly — about 38% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lyrica beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lyrica in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely clear line from instrument to word.
- Lyri is a soft and usable short form.
- Six letters and three syllables, quick to write.
- Lyrica is also the brand name of a widely prescribed medication.
- The first vowel is unsettled between LEER and LY.
- It reads as a word rather than a name to many people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lyricas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Lyrica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lyrica in 2025?
- Lyrica ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lyrica?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Lyrica — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lyrica with classmates?
- Lyrica will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lyrica
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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