Hydia — girls' name
154 babies named Hydia in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Hydia was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Hydia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hydia
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Hydia between 1993 and 2002, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hydia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hydia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hydia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hydia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hydia 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 154 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.
Hydia at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hydia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1993
- Peak year (1996)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
154 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 44 births in a single year.
Hydia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 122 births that decade — 79% of Hydia's all-time total
Hydia decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Hydia's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Hydia by state
Where Hydia concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 8 | 5.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 3.2% |
8 of 154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 5.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 5.2% 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, 1993–2002 (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.