Lydell
Lydell was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,166 among boys’ names; 1,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1928 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,720 Americans named Lydell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 29 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lydell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lydell?
#13,166 among boys’ names, 2025
Lydell fell from #6,169 in 2015 to #13,166 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 7.3 to 2.9 per million.
80 babies in 1977, the peak
Lydell peaked in 1977, when 80 boys were given it, #959 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #13,166 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 12 | #7,091 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 5 | #13,416 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,437 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,921 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,309 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 12 | #7,015 | 6.7 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,567 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,213 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,689 | 8.4 |
Every recorded year (76)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #6,169 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,900 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,109 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,701 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,341 | 9.0 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,063 | 13.0 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,684 | 10.6 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,669 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,483 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,793 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,738 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,202 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,410 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,622 | 12.4 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,601 | 8.7 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,591 | 11.7 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,987 | 14.6 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,945 | 9.4 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,163 | 8.5 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,163 | 12.1 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,420 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,411 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,908 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,885 | 12.0 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,788 | 11.9 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,742 | 11.7 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,040 | 10.0 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,831 | 19.3 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,776 | 19.8 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,899 | 17.4 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,581 | 22.2 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,593 | 21.1 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,773 | 17.9 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,919 | 16.0 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,533 | 22.3 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,485 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,173 | 34.9 |
| 1978 | 78 | #979 | 47.5 |
| 1977 | 80 | #959 | 48.7 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,080 | 38.9 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,314 | 28.2 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,538 | 21.0 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,303 | 26.3 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,465 | 21.0 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,618 | 17.0 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,288 | 22.6 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,342 | 20.1 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,446 | 17.3 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,353 | 18.4 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,336 | 18.5 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,228 | 21.0 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,717 | 11.0 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,613 | 12.3 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,503 | 13.5 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,624 | 11.8 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,375 | 15.9 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,178 | 20.6 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,437 | 14.1 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,659 | 11.1 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,056 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,018 | 7.8 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,384 | 5.9 |
| 1953 | 5 | #4,137 | 2.5 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,589 | 3.1 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,531 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,958 | 5.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lydell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lydell has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 78 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lydell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lydell, and how old are they?
1,720 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 1,921 Americans ever recorded as Lydell. The median Lydell alive today is 45 years old; half are between 29 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 1,335 people named Lydell (54 women and girls, 1,281 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,724 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 211 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 636 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 435 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 293 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 140 |
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 Lydell born?
The states with the most babies named Lydell are New York, Illinois and California, with 70% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 127 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 40 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 13 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 12 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Mexico | 11 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 8 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ 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 Lydell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lydell
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 Lydell and names like it
- Compare Lydell and RodrickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLydell peaked in 1977.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lydell since 1910.
- The top names of 1977The year the most babies were named Lydell.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lydell alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.