US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE LYDIA

Same rise and fall as Lydia, around the same years.

WHERE LYDIA IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Lydia ranked highest in South Dakota (#72) and lowest in Nevada (#544). 3 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Lydia name popularity

Lydia has been given to 187,317 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 2014, when 3,652 babies got the name, and its best rank was #110 in 1890.

In 2025, 2,692 babies were named Lydia (#238 in the country), 26% below the peak. That is down 23% from 2015.

Almost every Lydia is a girl.

An estimated 139K people named Lydia are alive in the US today, with a median age of 24.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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