Lydell

Last seen for girls in 1936 at #4,181 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 80 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,911
since 1933

Lydell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lydell has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #954, 1977boys
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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#12,0085
2024#6,83212
2023#12,2395
2022#9,8237
2021#7,58710
2020#7,03411
2019#6,77712
2018#8,1549
2017#6,06014
2016#5,55516
2015#5,99914
2014#6,63212
2013#5,92314
2012#10,7706
2011#5,20017
2010#3,99425
2009#4,58221
2008#5,48716
2007#6,26213
2006#4,67519
2005#9,1157
2004#4,12921
2003#3,36627
2002#3,55424
2001#4,47617
2000#3,53623
1999#2,93928
1998#3,84918
1997#4,05916
1996#3,10723
1995#4,28014
1994#3,32620
1993#2,86524
1992#2,83424
1991#2,75324
1990#2,69524
1989#2,98920
1988#1,81537
1987#1,76037
1986#1,87332
1985#1,56941
1984#1,58138
1983#1,74832
1982#1,89029
1981#1,52040
1980#1,47542
1979#1,16960
1978#97778
1977#95480
1976#1,06761
1975#1,30444
1974#1,52033
1973#1,29441
1972#1,45334
1971#1,59730
1970#1,27842
1969#1,32636
1968#1,42830
1967#1,34032
1966#1,32733
1965#1,22639
1964#1,70022
1963#1,58525
1962#1,47928
1961#1,60225
1960#1,35934
1959#1,17244
1958#1,42030
1957#1,63424
1956#2,01516
1955#1,97916
1954#2,31612
1953#3,7985
1952#3,3736
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First appearance
1933

The first year at least five boys were named Lydell! It came in at #3,642, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1951, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lydell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5,176 spots since 2024 (#6,832#12,008)
  • 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034#12,008)
  • 6,009 spots since 2015 (#5,999#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 113 spots in 1977 (#1,067#954)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1979 (#977#1,169)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1933
  • Peaked 1977 at #954 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1977–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,540
  • Highest: 1 in 20,540 boys born in 1977 were named Lydell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 26.3% of all boys named Lydell (503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s11#3,277 (1934)#3,460
1940s0
1950s153#1,172 (1959)#2,213
1960s304#1,226 (1965)#1,437
1970s503#954 (1977)#1,261
1980s348#1,475 (1980)#1,822
1990s215#2,695 (1990)#3,271
2000s188#3,366 (2003)#4,918
2010s139#3,994 (2010)#6,506
2020s50#6,832 (2024)#9,254

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

Lydell in 1933

boys
#3,642
5 births · 1 in 198,305 boys

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #3,642Lydell5
More about 1933

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 198,305 of them was named Lydell, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lydell
  1. #3,268Windsor6
  2. #3,268Ysmael6
  3. #3,268Zoltan6
  4. #3,642Lydell5
  5. #3,642Abbie5
  6. #3,642Adair5
  7. #3,642Adams5

Tied with 514 names at #3,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933