Leidy

Where Leidy comes from

The dictionaries list Leidy as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #7,680 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2006
    Peak, #3,264
    50 babies named Leidy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,935.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Leidy hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.