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
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,911since 1933
Lydell over time
Rank among boys' names. Lydell has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,873 | 32 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,581 | 38 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,520 | 40 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,475 | 42 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,169 | 60 | |
| 1978 | — | #977 | 78 | |
| 1977 | — | #954 | 80 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,067 | 61 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,294 | 41 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,453 | 34 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,428 | 30 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,226 | 39 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,479 | 28 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,420 | 30 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
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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.
Where Lydell is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#542 · 1 in 10,975
- New York#922 · 1 in 32,695
Best ever in a state: #272 in New Mexico, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #542 | 9 | 1 in 10,975 |
| New York | #922 | 5 | 1 in 32,695 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lydell
- 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)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1977 at #954 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1977–1978
- 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%)
- 26.3% of all boys named Lydell (503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | #3,277 (1934) | #3,460 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 153 | #1,172 (1959) | #2,213 |
| 1960s | 304 | #1,226 (1965) | #1,437 |
| 1970s | 503 | #954 (1977) | #1,261 |
| 1980s | 348 | #1,475 (1980) | #1,822 |
| 1990s | 215 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,271 |
| 2000s | 188 | #3,366 (2003) | #4,918 |
| 2010s | 139 | #3,994 (2010) | #6,506 |
| 2020s | 50 | #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 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 47,696 of them was named Lydell, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,206Terrill40
- #1,206Tory40
- #1,206Waymon40
- #1,226Lydell39
- #1,226Brandt39
- #1,226Donal39
- #1,226Newton39
- #1,233Anselmo38
- #1,233Aurelio38
- #1,233Cardell38
Tied with 6 names at #1,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.