Girls' name · since 1979
Idy
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 575 babies named Idy, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,362 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 575
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
575 babies have been named Idy since 1979, making it today's #3362 girls' name.
Idy has 575 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3362 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #10,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,362 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 575 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idy ranks #10,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,362 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 575 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,362 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 575
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Idy's 575 recorded births place it above 85.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Idy compares
575 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Idy's all-time total is 53% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Idy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 575 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Idy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Idy's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 48, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Idy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Idy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (248 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Idy's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Idy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
204 births
- 2020s
2020s
248 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 248 births (43% of all-time use).
How Idy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Idy's total volume
Idy by state
Where Idy concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 307 | 53.4% |
307 of 575 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Idys (307 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Idy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Idy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Idy 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.