Lydian — #10324 US girls' name
240 babies named Lydian in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Lydian was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lydian in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lydian
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Lydian between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lydian currently holds the #10324 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lydian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lydian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lydian 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 240 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.
Lydian at a glance
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Current rank
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Lydian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #10324 among girls.
240 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 17 births in a single year.
Lydian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 116 births that decade — 48% of Lydian's all-time total
Lydian decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lydian's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.