Lyda

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 43 births
Debut · girls
32 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,973
since 1880

Lyda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lyda has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #240, 1881girls
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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#14,9425—
2024#10,2719—
2023#9,61610—
2022#8,03213—
2021#9,56210—
2020#8,40612—
2019#9,73610—
2018#10,5459—
2017#7,84014—
2016#6,90117—
2015#10,14810—
2014#10,12910—
2013#11,0009—
2012#8,20814—
2011#12,1538—
2010#16,9925—
2009#11,4599—
2008#10,08411—
2007#13,9247—
2006#15,1526—
2005#7,89114—
2004#9,89210—
2003#9,67110—
2002#13,5956—
2001#15,3525—
2000#10,7458—
1999#7,23913—
1998#8,01611—
1997#13,7245—
1996——
1995#10,5147—
1994#7,60411—
1993——
1992#7,06712—
1991#8,5889—
1990#10,1937—
1989#10,8476—
1988#9,2447—
1987#7,3539—
1986#6,15611—
1985#8,3187—
1984#6,8109—
1983#5,82411—
1982#7,4698—
1981#5,57112—
1980#7,4188—
1979#7,3138—
1978#6,9488—
1977#6,8928—
1976#9,2845—
1975#7,1737—
1974#6,9007—
1973#6,6667—
1972#6,5587—
1971#7,3886—
1970#6,3627—
1969#5,4568—
1968#3,78913—
1967#6,0426—
1966#4,19810—
1965#2,74420—
1964#3,00018—
1963#3,33615—
1962#3,03317—
1961#3,18916—
1960#2,36925—
1959#2,86917—
1958#3,54312—
1957#2,48621—
1956#2,38922—
1955#2,55319—
1954#2,24023—
1953#2,59517—
1952#1,78131—
1951#1,80529—
1950#1,83527—
1949#1,91725—
1948#1,66931—
1947#1,43842—
1946#1,27646—
1945#1,48230—
1944#1,51929—
1943#1,36736—
1942#1,09152—
1941#1,15142—
1940#1,06246—
1939#1,05346—
1938#1,09143—
1937#1,13240—
1936#84065—
1935#1,03145—
1934#1,09841—
1933#85861—
1932#97952—
1931#1,01048—
1930#89465—
1929#91561—
1928#95461—
1927#87472—
1926#85475—
1925#697112—
1924#76894#4,3475
1923#79683—
1922#82679—
1921#692114—
1920#73796—
1919#666109—
1918#685110—
1917#653109—
1916#557145—
1915#70489—
1914#553102—
1913#66761—
1912#56373—
1911#56457—
1910#55055—
1909#62439—
1908#54646—
1907#52946—
1906#46553—
1905#49047—
1904#42857—
1903#49641—
1902#40358—
1901#38957—
1900#50944—
1899#38756—
1898#35976—
1897#39753—
1896#37259—
1895#37257—
1894#39052—
1893#36754—
1892#39146—
1891#32559—
1890#34356—
1889#28569—
1888#33751—
1887#36036—
1886#36035—
1885#28349—
1884#31539—
1883#30633—
1882#28738—
1881#24043—
1880#27532—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lyda was already there! It came in at #275, and was given to 32 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lyda is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lyda
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,671 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #14,942)
  • 6,536 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #14,942)
  • 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1936 (#1,031 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1937 (#840 → #1,132)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #240 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,138
  • Highest: 1 in 2,138 girls born in 1881 were named Lyda (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Lyda (910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s425#240 (1881)#305
1890s568#325 (1891)#370
1900s488#389 (1901)#488
1910s910#550 (1910)#616
1920s847#692 (1921)#811
1930s506#840 (1936)#999
1940s379#1,062 (1940)#1,397
1950s218#1,781 (1952)#2,410
1960s148#2,369 (1960)#3,716
1970s70#6,362 (1970)#7,148
1980s88#5,571 (1981)#7,501
1990s75#7,067 (1992)#9,118
2000s86#7,891 (2005)#11,777
2010s106#6,901 (2016)#10,365
2020s59#8,032 (2022)#10,138

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.

Lyda in 1880

girls
#275
32 births · 1 in 2,844 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #275Lyda32
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 2,844 of them was named Lyda, which outranked 70.8% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyda
  1. #271Corinne33
  2. #271Ivy33
  3. #271Melissa33
  4. #275Lyda32
  5. #275Naomi32
  6. #275Norma32
  7. #278Bell31
  8. #278Margie31
  9. #278Nona31

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →