Recorded 1997–2016 Girls' name Peak 2003 59 births

Lydea — girls' name

59 babies named Lydea in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s332010s20
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Lydea was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

11 babies were named Lydea in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lydea

The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Lydea between 1997 and 2016, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lydea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lydea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lydea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lydea 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 59 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.

Lydea at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

59

Since 1997

20 years of records

Peak year

2003

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1997

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2016

Lydea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1997

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2003)
11
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
4681012 20162012201120092008200320011997 6

Lydea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
33 births that decade — 56% of Lydea's all-time total
1990s62000s332010s20

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lydea?
59 babies have been named Lydea since 1997. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2003 with 11 births.
When was Lydea most popular?
Lydea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Lydea been used?
Lydea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 20 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Lydea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lydia, Lyda, Lydiann, Lydie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1997–2016 (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.