Boys' name · since 1964
Lydon
244 babies named Lydon in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
244 boys have been named Lydon since 1964, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lydon has 244 recorded births among boys since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2022.
- #11,825 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 244 born since 1964
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lydon ranks #11,825 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 244 born since 1964, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lydon's 244 recorded births place it above 73.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lydon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lydon's full recorded timeline at 2006, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lydon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2022
- Peak year (1964)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Lydon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Lydon's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Lydon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lydon's data
- Lydon's decade-level peak was the 2010s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lydon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1964–2022 (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 Lydon 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.