Girls' name · since 1990
Lytia
Lytia has 14 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,589 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
14 girls have been named Lytia since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lytia has been recorded 14 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 1995.
- #50,589 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lytia ranks #50,589 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #50,589 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lytia's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lytia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lytia's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lytia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1995.
14 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 8 births in a single year.
Lytia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Lytia's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lytia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
Lytia decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lytia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1990–1995 (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 Lytia 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.
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