Alyda — girls' name
174 babies named Alyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Alyda was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Alyda in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alyda
The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Alyda between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alyda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alyda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Alyda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alyda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alyda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 174 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alyda at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1913
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
174 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 10 births in a single year.
Alyda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 51 births that decade — 29% of Alyda's all-time total
Alyda decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alyda's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Alyda by state
Where Alyda concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 174 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.