Lida
Lida was given to 11 girls in 2025, #9,214 among girls’ names; 5,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,640 Americans named Lida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 33 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lida mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lida is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lida?
#9,214 among girls’ names, 2025
Lida fell from #8,258 in 2015 to #9,214 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 6.8 per million.
125 babies in 1918, the peak
Lida peaked in 1918, when 125 girls were given it, #639 among girls’ names. The 11 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,214 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,957 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,309 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,877 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,725 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,800 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,218 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,537 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,671 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,531 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,258 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,759 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,360 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,914 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,447 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,741 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,279 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,176 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,934 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,354 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,143 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,024 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,820 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,658 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,789 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,009 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,063 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,924 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,100 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,889 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,466 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,386 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,416 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,385 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,206 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,990 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,963 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,765 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,167 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,599 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,561 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,396 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,041 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,629 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,130 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,430 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,523 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,073 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,844 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,835 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,469 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,377 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,490 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,641 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,018 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,485 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,880 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,393 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,924 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,107 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,436 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,116 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,501 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,976 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,611 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,318 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,142 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,912 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,961 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,166 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,411 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,171 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 56 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 63 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 54 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 63 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 59 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 54 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 57 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 71 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 83 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 71 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 79 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 84 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 67 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 105 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 70 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 83 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 99 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 108 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 125 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 102 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 115 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 119 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 86 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 66 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 67 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 45 | #647 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 47 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 58 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1908 | 52 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 40 | #582 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 50 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 47 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 62 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1903 | 38 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 63 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1901 | 40 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1900 | 55 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 63 | #367 | 0.27 |
| 1898 | 72 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1897 | 83 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 73 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1895 | 54 | #382 | 0.23 |
| 1894 | 61 | #356 | 0.27 |
| 1893 | 61 | #344 | 0.29 |
| 1892 | 68 | #327 | 0.32 |
| 1891 | 89 | #260 | 0.48 |
| 1890 | 70 | #297 | 0.37 |
| 1889 | 78 | #270 | 0.44 |
| 1888 | 84 | #252 | 0.47 |
| 1887 | 72 | #248 | 0.49 |
| 1886 | 64 | #262 | 0.44 |
| 1885 | 68 | #243 | 0.51 |
| 1884 | 57 | #259 | 0.44 |
| 1883 | 62 | #229 | 0.55 |
| 1882 | 73 | #193 | 0.68 |
| 1881 | 57 | #200 | 0.62 |
| 1880 | 49 | #220 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lida has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lida, and how old are they?
1,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 5,921 Americans ever recorded as Lida. The median Lida alive today is 59 years old; half are between 33 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 4,419 people named Lida (4,354 women and girls, 65 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,851 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.4 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 | 249 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 512 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 279 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 229 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 215 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 150 |
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).
Where are babies named Lida born?
The states with the most babies named Lida are Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 243 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 104 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 100 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 91 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 85 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 66 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 59 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 46 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 35 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lida is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lida with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 210,263 babies since 1880, Lida is the third most given (2.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 2,852 babies (<1%), the fourth most given that year.
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 Lida
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.
More about Lida and names like it
- Compare Lida and LydiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLida peaked in 1918.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lida since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lida.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lida alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.