Lydia
Rank in 2025
#92
recorded as girls
Up 5 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,692
girls 2,692
Peak year
1883
378 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
187,317
since 1880
Born a Lydia? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lydia was most popular in 1883, when 378 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,692 babies were named Lydia, ranking #92 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,692 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,678 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,735 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,818 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,935 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 2,804 | 95 | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | 3,015 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 3,213 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 3,341 | 85 | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | 3,625 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 3,514 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 3,652 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 3,262 | 95 | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 3,176 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 3,092 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,840 | 110 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 2,830 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 2,876 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,773 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,668 | 130 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 2,785 | 119 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 2,636 | 126 | 16 | 5007 |
| 2003 | 2,647 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 2,512 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 2,364 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 2,321 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,189 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 2,071 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,937 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 1,813 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 1,759 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 1,603 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 1,421 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,414 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,378 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,406 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 1,262 | 217 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 1,174 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 1,209 | 219 | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | 1,129 | 229 | 13 | 3440 |
| 1985 | 1,220 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 1,201 | 217 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 1,023 | 239 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 1,051 | 240 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 940 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 862 | 287 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 803 | 296 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 708 | 323 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 765 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 747 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 669 | 333 | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | 722 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 677 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 753 | 319 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 844 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 924 | 307 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 807 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 863 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 877 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 954 | 273 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 1,079 | 263 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 1,183 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,291 | 246 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 1,412 | 226 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 1,573 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,670 | 205 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 1,561 | 210 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 1,577 | 207 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 1,621 | 206 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 1,545 | 206 | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | 1,585 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,560 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,560 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,327 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,150 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,127 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,241 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,222 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,050 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 886 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 856 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 807 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 864 | 228 | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | 854 | 225 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 682 | 247 | 10 | 2333 |
| 1940 | 726 | 234 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 680 | 238 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 677 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 687 | 237 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | 688 | 237 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 669 | 244 | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | 632 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 668 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 630 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 646 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 687 | 233 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 745 | 223 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 815 | 219 | 5 | 4151 |
| 1927 | 876 | 217 | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | 813 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 954 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 912 | 214 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 966 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 1,025 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,052 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,118 | 185 | 5 | 4286 |
| 1919 | 1,059 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,148 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,180 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,148 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,086 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 839 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 759 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 701 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 568 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 537 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 503 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 499 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 512 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 477 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 518 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 545 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 502 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 535 | 112 | 5 | 1137 |
| 1901 | 507 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 644 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 566 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 677 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 642 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 580 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 656 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 618 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 598 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 522 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 507 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 576 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 496 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 472 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 448 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 392 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 404 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 369 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 378 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 342 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 299 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 302 | 77 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years