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Unisex name

Lyfe

27% girls, 73% boys · 21 born in 2025

Lyfe has been given to about 463 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2016, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables1
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 460
Median age today9 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lyfe per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2016 · 39
  • Born in 202521
  • All time463

How popular is Lyfe?

Its best year was 2016, when 39 babies were given the name, ranking 10551st. The typical living American called Lyfe is about 9 years old today.

Names that sound like Lyfe

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lyle0.75
  2. Lynne0.72
  3. Love0.63
  4. Layne0.56
  5. Loyce0.56
  6. Lynsey0.53
  7. Luke0.49
  8. Lee0.49

Middle names for Lyfe

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lyfe Noelle0.83
  2. Lyfe Catherine0.80
  3. Lyfe Frances0.80
  4. Lyfe Belle0.80
  5. Lyfe Josephine0.80
  6. Lyfe Hazel0.80

Sibling names for Lyfe

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Emilianasister · 0.86
  2. Bryerbrother · 0.86
  3. Hazielbrother · 0.86
  4. Bodebrother · 0.86
  5. Ayaneither · 0.86
  6. Seraphinasister · 0.85

Where Lyfe is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lyfe Wilson0.75
    2. Lyfe Williams0.75
    3. Lyfe Walker0.75
    4. Lyfe Turner0.75
    5. Lyfe Torres0.75
    6. Lyfe Thompson0.75

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Lyfe

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.