Girls' name · since 1880
Lyda
4,973 babies named Lyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,973
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lyda is the #14945 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,973 recorded since 1880.
Lyda has 4,973 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14945 as of the latest data, more common than 14% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,584 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,945 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,973 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyda ranks #2,584 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,945 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,973 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,973
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lyda's 4,973 recorded births place it above 96.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
How Lyda compares
4,973 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Lyda's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,973 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 145 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lyda's full recorded timeline at 1952, 16% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 84% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 145 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lyda popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 145
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lyda popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1924 (Lyda as boys' name)
Lyda by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (910 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Lyda's strongest decade.
910 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lyda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
425 births
- 1890s
1890s
568 births
- 1900s
1900s
488 births
- 1910s
1910s
910 births
- 1920s
1920s
847 births
- 1930s
1930s
506 births
- 1940s
1940s
379 births
- 1950s 218
1950s
218 births
- 1960s 148
1960s
148 births
- 1970s 70
1970s
70 births
- 1980s 88
1980s
88 births
- 1990s 75
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 86
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 106
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 910 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lyda 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 Lyda's total volume
Lyda by state
Where Lyda concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 255 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 124 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 111 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 95 | 1.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 80 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 55 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 54 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 53 | 1.1% |
255 of 4,973 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Lyda appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lyda's data
- Lyda's decade-level peak was the 1910s (910 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Lydas (255 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Lyda
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Lyda 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.