Girls' name · since 1880
Lida
5,921 babies named Lida in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,862 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,921
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
5,921 babies have been named Lida since 1880, making it today's #8862 girls' name.
Lida has 5,921 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8862 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,299 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,862 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,921 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lida ranks #2,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,862 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,921 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,862 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,921
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lida's 5,921 recorded births place it above 96.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
How Lida compares
5,921 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Lida's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,921 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 125 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lida splits its recorded history at 1953: 22% of all births land in the more recent half, 78% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2019 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 125 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 125
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lida by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (880 births, 15% of the file).
1910s was Lida's strongest decade.
880 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Lida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
664 births
- 1890s
1890s
694 births
- 1900s
1900s
505 births
- 1910s
1910s
880 births
- 1920s
1920s
812 births
- 1930s
1930s
539 births
- 1940s
1940s
417 births
- 1950s
1950s
356 births
- 1960s 258
1960s
258 births
- 1970s 175
1970s
175 births
- 1980s 161
1980s
161 births
- 1990s 133
1990s
133 births
- 2000s 136
2000s
136 births
- 2010s 118
2010s
118 births
- 2020s 73
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 880 births (15% of all-time use).
How Lida 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 Lida's total volume
Lida by state
Where Lida concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 243 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 104 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 100 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 91 | 1.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 85 | 1.4% |
| #6 | California | | 66 | 1.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 59 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 46 | 0.8% |
243 of 5,921 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Lida appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lida's data
- Lida's decade-level peak was the 1910s (880 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Lidas (243 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Lida 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.