Loyda — girls' name
152 babies named Loyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Loyda was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Loyda in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loyda
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Loyda between 1937 and 2009, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loyda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loyda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Loyda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loyda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loyda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 152 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Loyda at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1937
- Peak year (1955)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
152 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 8 births in a single year.
Loyda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 40 births that decade — 26% of Loyda's all-time total
Loyda decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Loyda's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Loyda by state
Where Loyda concentrates geographically — total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 4.6% |
7 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1937–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.