Leidy — #4688 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leidy

The Social Security Administration has registered 848 babies named Leidy between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leidy currently holds the #4688 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leidy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Leidy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leidy in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leidy 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 848 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.