Girls' name · since 1884
Lady
2,068 babies named Lady in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,068
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lady is the #5925 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,068 recorded since 1884.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lady has been recorded 2,068 times among girls since 1884, currently ranked #5925 nationally and more common than 66% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2025.
- #4,608 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,925 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,068 born since 1884
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lady ranks #4,608 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,925 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,068 born since 1884, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,068
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lady's 2,068 recorded births place it above 93.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lady compares
2,068 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Lady's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lady | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,068 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lady's full recorded timeline at 1956, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Lady by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (248 births, 12% of the file).
1920s was Lady's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Lady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 26
1880s
26 births
- 1890s 86
1890s
86 births
- 1900s
1900s
152 births
- 1910s
1910s
221 births
- 1920s
1920s
248 births
- 1930s
1930s
173 births
- 1940s
1940s
118 births
- 1950s 96
1950s
96 births
- 1960s 98
1960s
98 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s 92
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
132 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s
2010s
235 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 248 births (12% of all-time use).
How Lady 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 Lady's total volume
Lady by state
Where Lady concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 81 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 37 | 1.8% |
| #3 | California | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 27 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 18 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.3% |
81 of 2,068 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Lady appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lady's data
- Lady's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (248 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Ladys (81 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Lady
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~141 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, 1884–2025 (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 Lady 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.