Girls' name · since 1933
Loida
Loida has 695 recorded births since 1933 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
Loida sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 695 recorded since 1933.
Loida has 695 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2023.
- #9,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 695 born since 1933
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loida ranks #9,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 695 born since 1933, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
Loida's 695 recorded births place it above 86.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Loida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loida's full recorded timeline at 1982, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2023
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Loida by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (130 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Loida's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Loida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s
1950s
76 births
- 1960s
1960s
121 births
- 1970s
1970s
130 births
- 1980s
1980s
101 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 130 births (19% of all-time use).
How Loida 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 Loida's total volume
Loida by state
Where Loida concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 105 | 15.1% |
| #2 | California | | 23 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
105 of 695 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Loida's data
- Loida's decade-level peak was the 1970s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Loidas (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Loida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1933–2023 (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 Loida 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.