Girls' name · since 1981
Lidya
Lidya has 412 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,515 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 412
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lidya is the #8515 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 412 recorded since 1981.
Lidya has 412 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8515 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #13,278 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,515 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 412 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lidya ranks #13,278 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,515 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 412 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,515 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 412
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lidya's 412 recorded births place it above 81.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Lidya compares
412 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Lidya's all-time total is 10% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lidya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 412 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lidya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lidya splits its recorded history at 2006: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lidya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Lidya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (121 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Lidya's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Lidya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
121 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 121 births (29% of all-time use).
Lidya by state
Where Lidya concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 12 | 2.9% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 2.4% |
12 of 412 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Lidya's data
- Lidya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (121 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Lidyas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lidya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Lidya 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.