Girls' name · since 1952
Gyda
50 babies named Gyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,097 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gyda currently ranks #12097 among girls' names in America, with 50 babies recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Gyda recorded 50 times among girls since 1952, holding rank #12097 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #35,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,097 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 1952
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gyda ranks #35,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,097 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50 born since 1952, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,097 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gyda's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gyda compares
50 16th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gyda's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gyda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gyda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gyda's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Gyda by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Gyda's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Gyda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gyda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gyda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.