Lydia
#92 for girls in 2025, 2,692 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 378 births
- Debut · girls
- 302 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 35 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 187,039since 1880
Lydia over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #92 | 2,692 | — | |
| 2024 | #97 | 2,678 | — | |
| 2023 | #94 | 2,735 | — | |
| 2022 | #93 | 2,818 | — | |
| 2021 | #89 | 2,935 | — | |
| 2020 | #95 | 2,804 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #94 | 3,015 | — | |
| 2018 | #89 | 3,213 | — | |
| 2017 | #85 | 3,341 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #80 | 3,625 | — | |
| 2015 | #80 | 3,514 | — | |
| 2014 | #84 | 3,652 | — | |
| 2013 | #95 | 3,262 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #95 | 3,176 | — | |
| 2011 | #96 | 3,092 | — | |
| 2010 | #110 | 2,840 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #117 | 2,830 | — | |
| 2008 | #120 | 2,876 | — | |
| 2007 | #124 | 2,773 | — | |
| 2006 | #130 | 2,668 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #119 | 2,785 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #126 | 2,636 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #127 | 2,647 | — | |
| 2002 | #137 | 2,512 | — | |
| 2001 | #140 | 2,364 | — | |
| 2000 | #146 | 2,321 | — | |
| 1999 | #148 | 2,189 | — | |
| 1998 | #153 | 2,071 | — | |
| 1997 | #160 | 1,937 | — | |
| 1996 | #173 | 1,813 | — | |
| 1995 | #169 | 1,759 | — | |
| 1994 | #188 | 1,603 | — | |
| 1993 | #206 | 1,421 | — | |
| 1992 | #201 | 1,414 | — | |
| 1991 | #214 | 1,378 | — | |
| 1990 | #204 | 1,406 | — | |
| 1989 | #217 | 1,262 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #221 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1987 | #219 | 1,209 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #229 | 1,129 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #212 | 1,220 | — | |
| 1984 | #217 | 1,201 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #239 | 1,023 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #240 | 1,051 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #265 | 940 | — | |
| 1980 | #287 | 862 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #296 | 803 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #323 | 708 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #311 | 765 | — | |
| 1976 | #307 | 747 | — | |
| 1975 | #333 | 669 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #316 | 722 | — | |
| 1973 | #329 | 677 | — | |
| 1972 | #319 | 753 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #314 | 844 | — | |
| 1970 | #307 | 924 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #320 | 807 | — | |
| 1968 | #300 | 863 | — | |
| 1967 | #289 | 877 | — | |
| 1966 | #273 | 954 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #263 | 1,079 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #258 | 1,183 | — | |
| 1963 | #246 | 1,291 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #226 | 1,412 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #214 | 1,573 | — | |
| 1960 | #205 | 1,670 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #210 | 1,561 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #207 | 1,577 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #206 | 1,621 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #206 | 1,545 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #200 | 1,585 | — | |
| 1954 | #197 | 1,560 | — | |
| 1953 | #201 | 1,560 | — | |
| 1952 | #213 | 1,327 | — | |
| 1951 | #225 | 1,150 | — | |
| 1950 | #223 | 1,127 | — | |
| 1949 | #214 | 1,241 | — | |
| 1948 | #209 | 1,222 | — | |
| 1947 | #230 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1946 | #239 | 886 | — | |
| 1945 | #224 | 856 | — | |
| 1944 | #233 | 807 | — | |
| 1943 | #228 | 864 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #225 | 854 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #247 | 682 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #234 | 726 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #238 | 680 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #242 | 677 | — | |
| 1937 | #237 | 687 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #237 | 688 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #244 | 669 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #248 | 632 | — | |
| 1933 | #237 | 668 | — | |
| 1932 | #246 | 630 | — | |
| 1931 | #235 | 646 | — | |
| 1930 | #233 | 687 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #223 | 745 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #219 | 815 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #217 | 876 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #223 | 813 | — | |
| 1925 | #207 | 954 | — | |
| 1924 | #214 | 912 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #204 | 966 | — | |
| 1922 | #199 | 1,025 | — | |
| 1921 | #197 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1920 | #185 | 1,118 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #186 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1918 | #179 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1917 | #169 | 1,180 | — | |
| 1916 | #168 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1915 | #169 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1914 | #168 | 839 | — | |
| 1913 | #154 | 759 | — | |
| 1912 | #152 | 701 | — | |
| 1911 | #142 | 568 | — | |
| 1910 | #152 | 537 | — | |
| 1909 | #142 | 503 | — | |
| 1908 | #140 | 499 | — | |
| 1907 | #130 | 512 | — | |
| 1906 | #132 | 477 | — | |
| 1905 | #123 | 518 | — | |
| 1904 | #112 | 545 | — | |
| 1903 | #116 | 502 | — | |
| 1902 | #112 | 535 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #103 | 507 | — | |
| 1900 | #104 | 644 | — | |
| 1899 | #97 | 566 | — | |
| 1898 | #88 | 677 | — | |
| 1897 | #83 | 642 | — | |
| 1896 | #91 | 580 | — | |
| 1895 | #85 | 656 | — | |
| 1894 | #85 | 618 | — | |
| 1893 | #81 | 598 | — | |
| 1892 | #93 | 522 | — | |
| 1891 | #86 | 507 | — | |
| 1890 | #78 | 576 | — | |
| 1889 | #83 | 496 | — | |
| 1888 | #85 | 472 | — | |
| 1887 | #76 | 448 | — | |
| 1886 | #87 | 392 | — | |
| 1885 | #77 | 404 | — | |
| 1884 | #80 | 369 | — | |
| 1883 | #75 | 378 | — | |
| 1882 | #76 | 342 | — | |
| 1881 | #77 | 299 | — | |
| 1880 | #77 | 302 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lydia was already there! It came in at #77, and was given to 302 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 450 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lydia
- 5 spots since 2024 (#97 → #92)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#95 → #92)
- 12 spots since 2015 (#80 → #92)
- Biggest jump: 27 spots in 1979 (#323 → #296)
- Biggest drop: 20 spots in 1963 (#226 → #246)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #75 (378 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1880–1899
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 297 girls born in 1883 were named Lydia (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 597 girls born in 2025 (0.17%)
- 17.5% of all girls named Lydia (32,730) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,902 | #75 (1883) | #79 |
| 1890s | 5,942 | #78 (1890) | #87 |
| 1900s | 5,242 | #103 (1901) | #121 |
| 1910s | 9,025 | #142 (1911) | #164 |
| 1920s | 9,276 | #185 (1920) | #209 |
| 1930s | 6,664 | #233 (1930) | #240 |
| 1940s | 9,188 | #209 (1948) | #228 |
| 1950s | 14,613 | #197 (1954) | #209 |
| 1960s | 11,709 | #205 (1960) | #259 |
| 1970s | 7,612 | #296 (1979) | #316 |
| 1980s | 11,071 | #212 (1985) | #235 |
| 1990s | 16,991 | #148 (1999) | #182 |
| 2000s | 26,412 | #117 (2009) | #129 |
| 2010s | 32,730 | #80 (2016) | #91 |
| 2020s | 16,662 | #89 (2021) | #93 |
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.
Lydia in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 663 of them was named Lydia, which outranked 99.4% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 249,663 of them was named Lydia, which outranked 37.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,640Zorian9
- #7,640Zuhair9
- #7,640Zyquarius9
- #8,299Lydia8
- #8,299Abass8
- #8,299Abdulai8
- #8,299Abukar8
- #9,115Aasim7
- #9,115Abdimalik7
- #9,115Abdinasir7
Tied with 815 names at #8,299; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.