Lady
Lady was given to 20 girls in 2025, #6,028 among girls’ names; 2,068 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,110 Americans named Lady and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 13 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lady by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lady?
#6,028 among girls’ names, 2025
Lady rose from #9,849 in 2015 to #6,028 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 6.2 to 12.4 per million.
48 babies in 2016, the peak
Lady peaked in 2016, when 48 girls were given it, #3,357 among girls’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 42% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,028 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,537 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,861 | 13.1 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,734 | 13.4 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,856 | 10.4 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,757 | 13.0 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,844 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,623 | 17.6 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,456 | 13.9 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,357 | 27.1 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,849 | 6.2 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,500 | 9.0 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,142 | 12.0 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,643 | 9.1 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,631 | 9.1 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,520 | 14.1 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,535 | 9.3 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,764 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,702 | 10.4 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,493 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,414 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,301 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,755 | 9.3 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,571 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,762 | 5.6 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,352 | 9.4 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,345 | 9.0 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,305 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,524 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,568 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,301 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,367 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,857 | 7.2 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,162 | 8.1 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,801 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,599 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,201 | 4.3 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,056 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,308 | 4.0 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,427 | 5.2 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,848 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,293 | 3.0 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,669 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,369 | 7.7 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,734 | 7.2 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,087 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,655 | 5.0 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,366 | 7.8 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,977 | 11.7 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,317 | 6.1 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,193 | 6.2 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,166 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,250 | 9.6 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,862 | 9.6 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,655 | 2.9 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,282 | 4.1 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,951 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,457 | 6.1 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,675 | 5.3 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,643 | 7.4 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,982 | 6.3 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,607 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,397 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,707 | 4.5 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,809 | 5.9 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,160 | 4.9 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,830 | 5.5 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,143 | 3.4 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,314 | 4.5 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,962 | 3.6 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,465 | 4.1 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,090 | 4.8 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,674 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,385 | 6.1 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,838 | 8.2 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,757 | 5.3 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,250 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,833 | 7.9 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,432 | 10.2 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,526 | 6.1 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,852 | 8.3 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,161 | 7.2 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,906 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,598 | 9.9 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,062 | 14.0 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,840 | 17.3 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,910 | 16.3 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,517 | 23.5 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,917 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,880 | 17.2 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,365 | 12.4 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,335 | 12.9 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,081 | 15.0 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,571 | 22.5 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,953 | 8.9 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,858 | 17.9 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,707 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,981 | 16.8 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,802 | 19.4 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,720 | 20.5 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,630 | 22.4 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,869 | 18.2 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,595 | 23.3 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,597 | 22.7 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,490 | 25.0 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,466 | 25.7 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,726 | 19.9 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,488 | 24.0 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,560 | 23.0 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,425 | 26.4 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,322 | 30.2 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,106 | 40.0 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,162 | 37.6 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,597 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,242 | 35.3 |
| 1909 | 21 | #897 | 60.5 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,236 | 35.9 |
| 1907 | 17 | #934 | 53.4 |
| 1906 | 15 | #987 | 50.8 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,038 | 48.0 |
| 1904 | 15 | #949 | 54.5 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,103 | 42.0 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,266 | 34.1 |
| 1901 | 13 | #941 | 54.3 |
| 1900 | 25 | #737 | 83.4 |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,006 | 47.2 |
| 1898 | 13 | #989 | 50.2 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,213 | 34.2 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,018 | 46.2 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,164 | 38.5 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,189 | 35.9 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,240 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,220 | 33.0 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,274 | 32.3 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,275 | 31.5 |
| 1889 | 13 | #742 | 72.9 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,087 | 39.2 |
| 1884 | 6 | #975 | 46.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lady a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lady has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 138 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lady: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lady, and how old are they?
1,110 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 2,068 Americans ever recorded as Lady. The median Lady alive today is 29 years old; half are between 13 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 10,711 people named Lady (10,601 women and girls, 110 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,078 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 76 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 150 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 148 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 171 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 263 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 295 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,273 babies since 1880, Lady is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 20 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lady
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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