How Many People Are Named Nydia?
people named Nydia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,299 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,704 babies named Nydia in Social Security records from 1896 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1834). He perhaps based it on Latin nidus "nest".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nydia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nydia alive today is about 41 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nydia first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1992, to 84 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Nydia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,389, in 1976.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,389 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,762 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nydia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nydia were born in New York than in any other state: about 652 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nydia was given 4.7 times as often in New York, 3.5 times in Texas and 1.8 times in California.
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