Girls' name · since 1916
Idia
40 babies named Idia in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
40 babies have been named Idia since 1916, making it today's #13314 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Idia recorded 40 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #13314 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #37,545 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,314 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idia ranks #37,545 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,314 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #37,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Idia's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Idia compares
40 13th 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
Idia's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Idia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Idia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Idia splits its recorded history at 1938: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Idia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Idia by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (12 births, 30% of the file).
1910s was Idia's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Idia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 12 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Idia's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Idia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Idia 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.