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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 32 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,973since 1880
Lyda over time
Rank among girls' names. Lyda has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,053 | 46 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,132 | 40 | — | |
| 1936 | #840 | 65 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | — | |
| 1933 | #858 | 61 | — | |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 | — | |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | — | |
| 1929 | #915 | 61 | — | |
| 1928 | #954 | 61 | — | |
| 1927 | #874 | 72 | — | |
| 1926 | #854 | 75 | — | |
| 1925 | #697 | 112 | — | |
| 1924 | #768 | 94 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #796 | 83 | — | |
| 1922 | #826 | 79 | — | |
| 1921 | #692 | 114 | — | |
| 1920 | #737 | 96 | — | |
| 1919 | #666 | 109 | — | |
| 1918 | #685 | 110 | — | |
| 1917 | #653 | 109 | — | |
| 1916 | #557 | 145 | — | |
| 1915 | #704 | 89 | — | |
| 1914 | #553 | 102 | — | |
| 1913 | #667 | 61 | — | |
| 1912 | #563 | 73 | — | |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 | — | |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 | — | |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | — | |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 | — | |
| 1907 | #529 | 46 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #490 | 47 | — | |
| 1904 | #428 | 57 | — | |
| 1903 | #496 | 41 | — | |
| 1902 | #403 | 58 | — | |
| 1901 | #389 | 57 | — | |
| 1900 | #509 | 44 | — | |
| 1899 | #387 | 56 | — | |
| 1898 | #359 | 76 | — | |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 | — | |
| 1896 | #372 | 59 | — | |
| 1895 | #372 | 57 | — | |
| 1894 | #390 | 52 | — | |
| 1893 | #367 | 54 | — | |
| 1892 | #391 | 46 | — | |
| 1891 | #325 | 59 | — | |
| 1890 | #343 | 56 | — | |
| 1889 | #285 | 69 | — | |
| 1888 | #337 | 51 | — | |
| 1887 | #360 | 36 | — | |
| 1886 | #360 | 35 | — | |
| 1885 | #283 | 49 | — | |
| 1884 | #315 | 39 | — | |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1882 | #287 | 38 | — | |
| 1881 | #240 | 43 | — | |
| 1880 | #275 | 32 | — | |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#290 · 1 in 2,417
- Kentucky#318 · 1 in 2,457
- North Carolina#336 · 1 in 3,391
- Mississippi#436 · 1 in 3,858
- Georgia#447 · 1 in 4,904
Best ever in a state: #224 in Kentucky, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #290 | 9 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Kentucky | #318 | 11 | 1 in 2,457 |
| North Carolina | #336 | 10 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Mississippi | #436 | 5 | 1 in 3,858 |
| Georgia | #447 | 7 | 1 in 4,904 |
| Arkansas | #478 | 5 | 1 in 3,901 |
| Ohio | #565 | 5 | 1 in 10,903 |
| Pennsylvania | #669 | 5 | 1 in 19,913 |
| New York | #696 | 5 | 1 in 20,232 |
| Texas | #776 | 6 | 1 in 8,254 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Lyda
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #240 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 72 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
- 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%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Lyda (910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 425 | #240 (1881) | #305 |
| 1890s | 568 | #325 (1891) | #370 |
| 1900s | 488 | #389 (1901) | #488 |
| 1910s | 910 | #550 (1910) | #616 |
| 1920s | 847 | #692 (1921) | #811 |
| 1930s | 506 | #840 (1936) | #999 |
| 1940s | 379 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,397 |
| 1950s | 218 | #1,781 (1952) | #2,410 |
| 1960s | 148 | #2,369 (1960) | #3,716 |
| 1970s | 70 | #6,362 (1970) | #7,148 |
| 1980s | 88 | #5,571 (1981) | #7,501 |
| 1990s | 75 | #7,067 (1992) | #9,118 |
| 2000s | 86 | #7,891 (2005) | #11,777 |
| 2010s | 106 | #6,901 (2016) | #10,365 |
| 2020s | 59 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 10,524 of them was named Lyda, which outranked 87.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #682Evie111
- #682Mandy111
- #682Rosamond111
- #685Lyda110
- #685Bettye110
- #685Vivienne110
- #688Clyde109
- #688Francisca109
- #688Vernie109
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.