How Many People Are Named Lyda?
people named Lyda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 302,197 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,978 babies named Lyda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
145 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Perhaps a variant of LYDIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lyda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyda alive today is about 55 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 30 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 145 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #242, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #16,331.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #16,331 |
| Best rank | #242 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #626 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyda were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 32 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyda was given 9.4 times as often in Kentucky, 4.2 times in Tennessee and 2.9 times in Arkansas.
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