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Lyfe

Mostly boys · LYFE · English

Lyfe is a name of English origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).

What does Lyfe mean?

English: spelling of the English word life

“life”

A respelling of the English word life.

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Is Lyfe a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Lyfe has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US.

How popular is Lyfe in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,706among boys
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 81,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Lyfe, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.

Half of all the boys named Lyfe in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2022, 42% of the babies named Lyfe in the US were girls.

2006Busiest: 29 in 20162025
Lyfe in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202521#4,706
202419#5,063
202315#5,922
202218#5,211
202124#4,243
202022#4,422
201920#4,802
201823#4,350
201714#6,056
201629#3,680
201513#6,320
201412#6,627
201320#4,619
201216#5,476
20117#9,593
201015#5,737
200911#7,231
200811#7,182
200717#5,207
200612#6,455

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