Lyda

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 43 births
Debut · girls
32 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,973
since 1880

Lyda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lyda has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #240, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#10,2719
2023#9,61610
2022#8,03213
2021#9,56210
2020#8,40612
2019#9,73610
2018#10,5459
2017#7,84014
2016#6,90117
2015#10,14810
2014#10,12910
2013#11,0009
2012#8,20814
2011#12,1538
2010#16,9925
2009#11,4599
2008#10,08411
2007#13,9247
2006#15,1526
2005#7,89114
2004#9,89210
2003#9,67110
2002#13,5956
2001#15,3525
2000#10,7458
1999#7,23913
1998#8,01611
1997#13,7245
1996
1995#10,5147
1994#7,60411
1993
1992#7,06712
1991#8,5889
1990#10,1937
1989#10,8476
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
1986#6,15611
1985#8,3187
1984#6,8109
1983#5,82411
1982#7,4698
1981#5,57112
1980#7,4188
1979#7,3138
1978#6,9488
1977#6,8928
1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974#6,9007
1973#6,6667
1972#6,5587
1971#7,3886
1970#6,3627
1969#5,4568
1968#3,78913
1967#6,0426
1966#4,19810
1965#2,74420
1964#3,00018
1963#3,33615
1962#3,03317
1961#3,18916
1960#2,36925
1959#2,86917
1958#3,54312
1957#2,48621
1956#2,38922
1955#2,55319
1954#2,24023
1953#2,59517
1952#1,78131
1951#1,80529
1950#1,83527
1949#1,91725
1948#1,66931
1947#1,43842
1946#1,27646
1945#1,48230
1944#1,51929
1943#1,36736
1942#1,09152
1941#1,15142
1940#1,06246
1939#1,05346
1938#1,09143
1937#1,13240
1936#84065
1935#1,03145
1934#1,09841
1933#85861
1932#97952
1931#1,01048
1930#89465
1929#91561
1928#95461
1927#87472
1926#85475
1925#697112
1924#76894#4,3475
1923#79683
1922#82679
1921#692114
1920#73796
1919#666109
1918#685110
1917#653109
1916#557145
1915#70489
1914#553102
1913#66761
1912#56373
1911#56457
1910#55055
1909#62439
1908#54646
1907#52946
1906#46553
1905#49047
1904#42857
1903#49641
1902#40358
1901#38957
1900#50944
1899#38756
1898#35976
1897#39753
1896#37259
1895#37257
1894#39052
1893#36754
1892#39146
1891#32559
1890#34356
1889#28569
1888#33751
1887#36036
1886#36035
1885#28349
1884#31539
1883#30633
1882#28738
1881#24043
1880#27532
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lyda was already there! It came in at #275, and was given to 32 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,671 spots since 2024 (#10,271#14,942)
  • 6,536 spots since 2020 (#8,406#14,942)
  • 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148#14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1936 (#1,031#840)
  • Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1937 (#840#1,132)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #240 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,138
  • Highest: 1 in 2,138 girls born in 1881 were named Lyda (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Lyda (910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s425#240 (1881)#305
1890s568#325 (1891)#370
1900s488#389 (1901)#488
1910s910#550 (1910)#616
1920s847#692 (1921)#811
1930s506#840 (1936)#999
1940s379#1,062 (1940)#1,397
1950s218#1,781 (1952)#2,410
1960s148#2,369 (1960)#3,716
1970s70#6,362 (1970)#7,148
1980s88#5,571 (1981)#7,501
1990s75#7,067 (1992)#9,118
2000s86#7,891 (2005)#11,777
2010s106#6,901 (2016)#10,365
2020s59#8,032 (2022)#10,138

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lyda in 1902

girls
#403
58 births · 1 in 4,553 girls

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135
  11. #403Lyda58
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 4,553 of them was named Lyda, which outranked 80.3% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyda
  1. #400Dona60
  2. #401Beryl59
  3. #401Pinkie59
  4. #403Lyda58
  5. #403Connie58
  6. #403Evangeline58
  7. #403Zola58
  8. #408Clare57
  9. #408Gwendolyn57
  10. #408Lue57

Tied with 4 names at #403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 1,031Lolita#1,679#648
  2. 861Cathleen#1,679#818
  3. 743Maple#1,679#936
  4. 743Margarite#1,679#936
  5. 707Mignon#1,679#972
Fallers
  1. 1,046Veva#747#1,793
  2. 847Janette#747#1,594
  3. 832Laurine#961#1,793
  4. 676Aura#918#1,594
  5. 667Electa#771#1,438

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902