Boys' name · since 1978
Lydale
Lydale has 5 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lydale sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 5 recorded since 1978.
Lydale has 5 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1978 to 1978.
- #42,851 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1978
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lydale ranks #42,851 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1978, peaking in the 1970s.
- #42,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lydale's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lydale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Lydale by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Lydale's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lydale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lydale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~0 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, 1978–1978 (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 Lydale 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.