Girls' name · since 1915
Lydian
Lydian has 246 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,313 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
246 babies have been named Lydian since 1915, making it today's #13313 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lydian has been recorded 246 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #13313 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #17,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,313 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lydian ranks #17,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,313 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 246 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,313 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lydian's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lydian compares
246 41st percentile among 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
Lydian's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lydian | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lydian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lydian splits its recorded history at 2012: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lydian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Lydian by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (116 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Lydian's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lydian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 116 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Lydian's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lydian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Lydian 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.