NameTides

Lydia

Lydia was the #92 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,692 babies), and #158 in England & Wales and #117 in Canada.

Lydia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lydia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Lydia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#92 (2,692)#158 (317)#217 (17)#117 (18)#608 (5)#117 (232)
2024#97 (2,678)#174 (287)#157 (27)#87 (24)#342 (11)#101 (249)
2023#94 (2,735)#159 (320)#228 (17)#79 (26)#364 (10)#124 (206)
2022#93 (2,818)#173 (295)#248 (15)#81 (26)#254 (17)#121 (209)
2021#89 (2,935)#140 (358)#236 (17)#100 (23)#177 (27)#106 (255)
2020#95 (2,804)#136 (366)#209 (18)#103 (20)#211 (21)#87 (291)
2019#94 (3,015)#133 (375)#191 (22)#86 (25)#232 (21)#97 (266)
2018#89 (3,213)#130 (398)#255 (15)#145 (15)#280 (16)#106 (247)
2017#85 (3,341)#116 (468)#186 (24)#118 (20)#228 (22)#90 (298)
2016#80 (3,625)#100 (563)#216 (20)#102 (24)#217 (22)#95 (294)
2015#80 (3,514)#103 (550)#227 (18)#107 (23)#258 (20)#100 (290)
2014#84 (3,652)#94 (602)#323 (12)#94 (25)#321 (15)#94 (307)
2013#95 (3,262)#100 (552)#302 (13)#112 (20)#181 (32)#100 (293)
2012#95 (3,176)#96 (590)#294 (15)#79 (31)#199 (28)#103 (285)
2011#96 (3,092)#100 (589)#317 (12)#123 (20)#234 (23)#131 (234)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #75.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 600common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 800common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 400common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 640common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lydia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 620 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 600 to 1 in 640.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lydia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #34MEWisconsin: #67WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #57NHWashington: #112WAIdaho: #79IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #33NDMinnesota: #45MNIllinois: #176ILMichigan: #72MINew York: #153NYMassachusetts: #124MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #68SDIowa: #28IAIndiana: #61INOhio: #52OHPennsylvania: #51PANew Jersey: #312NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #274CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #89CONebraska: #36NEMissouri: #41MOKentucky: #40KYWest Virginia: #36WVVirginia: #73VAMaryland: #90MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #154AZNew Mexico: #100NMKansas: #44KSArkansas: #139ARTennessee: #93TNNorth Carolina: #105NCSouth Carolina: #97SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #76OKLouisiana: #125LAMississippi: #89MSAlabama: #86ALGeorgia: #90GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #135TXFlorida: #189FL
Lydia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#10995
Quebec2025#22726

Lydia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LydiaCanadaGirls#117232
LydiaEngland & WalesGirls#158317
LydiaIrelandGirls#6085
LydiaNorthern IrelandGirls#11718
LydiaScotlandGirls#21717
LydiaUSGirls#922,692
LydiaUSBoys—too few