Lyda
Lyda was given to 5 girls in 2025, #16,332 among girls’ names; 4,978 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,100 Americans named Lyda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 29 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lyda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lyda?
#16,332 among girls’ names, 2025
Lyda fell from #10,578 in 2015 to #16,332 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 5.6 to 3.1 per million.
145 babies in 1916, the peak
Lyda peaked in 1916, when 145 girls were given it, #560 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,332 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,760 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,047 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,319 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,013 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,730 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,181 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,082 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,116 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,099 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,578 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,614 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,576 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,458 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,899 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,733 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,061 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,501 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,845 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,310 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,154 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,379 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,121 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,679 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,864 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,357 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,508 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,335 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,128 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,234 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,930 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,319 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,028 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,892 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,721 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,892 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,738 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,407 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,872 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,146 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,045 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,897 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,763 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,823 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,711 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,357 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,269 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,184 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,621 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,343 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,095 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,958 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,918 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,746 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,760 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,907 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,480 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,354 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,053 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,415 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,102 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,267 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,938 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,660 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,532 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,427 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,602 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,270 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,653 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,826 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,943 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,449 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,500 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 52 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 65 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 61 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 52 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 65 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 61 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 61 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 72 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 75 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 112 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 94 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 83 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 79 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 114 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 96 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 109 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 110 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 109 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 145 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 89 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 102 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 61 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 73 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 57 | #571 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 55 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 39 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 46 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 46 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 53 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 47 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 57 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1903 | 41 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 58 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1901 | 57 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1900 | 44 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 56 | #387 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 76 | #359 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 53 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 59 | #372 | 0.25 |
| 1895 | 57 | #373 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 52 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1893 | 54 | #368 | 0.25 |
| 1892 | 46 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1891 | 59 | #327 | 0.32 |
| 1890 | 56 | #345 | 0.29 |
| 1889 | 69 | #287 | 0.39 |
| 1888 | 51 | #338 | 0.29 |
| 1887 | 36 | #361 | 0.25 |
| 1886 | 35 | #363 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 49 | #287 | 0.37 |
| 1884 | 39 | #319 | 0.30 |
| 1883 | 33 | #309 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 38 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1881 | 43 | #242 | 0.47 |
| 1880 | 32 | #275 | 0.35 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lyda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lyda has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lyda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lyda, and how old are they?
1,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 4,978 Americans ever recorded as Lyda. The median Lyda alive today is 63 years old; half are between 29 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 1,686 people named Lyda (1,676 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,295 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above 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 | 230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 340 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 125 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 122 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 140 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 137 |
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 Lyda born?
The states with the most babies named Lyda are Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 255 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 124 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 111 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 95 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 80 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Arkansas | 55 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 54 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Mississippi | 53 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| West Virginia | 49 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 45 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Lyda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lyda is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.9 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 Lyda 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 210,663 babies since 1880, Lyda is the fourth most given (2.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 2,865 babies (<1%), the seventh most given that year.
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 Lyda
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 Lyda and names like it
- Compare Lyda and LydiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLyda peaked in 1916.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lyda since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Lyda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lyda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.