Lydia Girl
How popular is Lydia?
#92 girl name in 2025
2,692 baby girls were named Lydia in the US in 2025, making it the 92nd most popular girl name.
Lydia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #92 for girls (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,692 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #80 in 2015, #95 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (3,652 girls) |
| Highest rank | #75 in 1883 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lydia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lydia family of names ranked #117 for girls in 2025 (#118 the year before), with 2,842 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lydia | 2,692 | 95% |
| Lidia | 132 | 5% |
| Lidya | 12 | 0% |
| Lydiah | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lydia is most popular
Babies named Lydia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 8.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Vermont: 6.8 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Maine: 6.4 per 1,000 (99 girls)
- North Dakota: 6.3 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- South Dakota: 6.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Lydia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,902 | #75 |
| 1890s | 5,942 | #78 |
| 1900s | 5,242 | #103 |
| 1910s | 9,025 | #142 |
| 1920s | 9,276 | #185 |
| 1930s | 6,664 | #233 |
| 1940s | 9,188 | #209 |
| 1950s | 14,613 | #197 |
| 1960s | 11,709 | #205 |
| 1970s | 7,612 | #296 |
| 1980s | 11,071 | #212 |
| 1990s | 16,991 | #148 |
| 2000s | 26,412 | #117 |
| 2010s | 32,730 | #80 |
| 2020s | 16,662 | #89 |
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Questions
- Is Lydia a boy or girl name?
- Lydia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lydia were girls.
- How popular is the name Lydia?
- 2,692 baby girls were named Lydia in the US in 2025, making it the 92nd most popular girl name.
- When was Lydia most popular?
- Lydia peaked in 2014, when 3,652 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #75 in 1883.
- How many people are named Lydia?
- 187,317 babies have been named Lydia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 140,476 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Lydia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lydia was most common in Wyoming, at 8.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.