Lidia
Lidia was given to 132 girls in 2025, #1,589 among girls’ names; 11,326 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,640 Americans named Lidia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 17 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lidia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lidia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lidia is “a female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Lydia.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lidia?
#1,589 among girls’ names, 2025
Lidia fell from #1,490 in 2015 to #1,589 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 86.3 to 82.1 per million.
243 babies in 2008, the peak
Lidia peaked in 2008, when 243 girls were given it, #1,077 among girls’ names. The 132 births of 2025 are 54% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,589 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,487 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,745 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,633 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 124 | #1,678 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 126 | #1,648 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 129 | #1,644 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,674 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,549 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,509 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 154 | #1,490 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,444 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 155 | #1,448 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,403 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 182 | #1,296 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 200 | #1,211 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 204 | #1,224 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 243 | #1,077 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 210 | #1,201 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 215 | #1,141 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 193 | #1,190 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 199 | #1,147 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 165 | #1,267 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 185 | #1,126 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 188 | #1,124 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 175 | #1,153 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 157 | #1,211 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 175 | #1,101 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 153 | #1,189 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 176 | #1,051 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,022 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 186 | #997 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 168 | #1,081 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 170 | #1,068 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 181 | #1,014 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 146 | #1,174 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 141 | #1,164 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,360 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,254 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 111 | #1,237 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 122 | #1,169 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 93 | #1,317 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 108 | #1,197 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 100 | #1,282 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 100 | #1,279 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,255 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 95 | #1,320 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 97 | #1,269 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 80 | #1,411 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 102 | #1,146 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,170 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 92 | #1,207 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,114 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,094 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,217 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 106 | #1,114 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 90 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 81 | #1,217 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,112 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 84 | #1,165 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 105 | #1,021 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,303 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 80 | #1,231 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,339 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,311 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 86 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,198 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 81 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,230 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 70 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 78 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 79 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 62 | #1,211 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 74 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 53 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 52 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 60 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 55 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 50 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 59 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 75 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 56 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 61 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 52 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 48 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 57 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 63 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 61 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 55 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,457 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,654 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,628 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,455 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,914 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,813 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,445 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,672 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,237 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,573 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,925 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,841 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,723 | 0.02 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,550 | 0.02 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,212 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lidia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lidia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lidia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lidia, and how old are they?
9,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 11,326 Americans ever recorded as Lidia. The median Lidia alive today is 30 years old; half are between 17 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 33,871 people named Lidia (33,800 women and girls, 71 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,240 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.7 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 | 288 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,410 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,140 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,980 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,780 |
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 Lidia born?
The states with the most babies named Lidia are Texas, California and Florida, with 59% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22 | #1,209 | 3.0× |
| California | 10 | #2,029 | 2.3× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,504 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,189 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,370 | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #834 | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,688 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,134 | 0.1× |
Where Lidia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lidia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 Lidia 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 211,890 babies since 1880, Lidia is the second most given (5.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 132 of their 2,865 babies (4.6%), again the second 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 Lidia
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 Lidia and names like it
- Compare Lidia and LydiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sLidia peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lidia since 1910.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Lidia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lidia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.