Lyda
Lyda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 242nd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1916145 births
- Best rank
- #242in 1881
- Since 1880
- 4,968people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,968 girls have been named Lyda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 145 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 145 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1920, and the 1910s alone account for 18%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lyda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 425 | |
| 1890s | 568 | |
| 1900s | 488 | |
| 1910s | 910 | |
| 1920s | 847 | |
| 1930s | 506 | |
| 1940s | 379 | |
| 1950s | 218 | |
| 1960s | 148 | |
| 1970s | 70 | |
| 1980s | 88 | |
| 1990s | 75 | |
| 2000s | 86 | |
| 2010s | 106 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Lyda was the 560th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Lyda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nelliepeak 1918
- Addiepeak 1920
- Berthapeak 1918
- Nettiepeak 1918
- Mittiepeak 1920
- Linniepeak 1921
- Idapeak 1918
- Vinapeak 1920
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.