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Lyda

Lyda was most popular in 1916, when 145 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 16,336 for girls.

4,978babies since 1880
1916most popular year
#242best rank, 1881
#16,336rank in 2025

Babies named Lyda each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s4250
1890s5680
1900s4880
1910s9100
1920s8475
1930s5060
1940s3790
1950s2180
1960s1480
1970s700
1980s880
1990s750
2000s860
2010s1060
2020s590

Lyda in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Lyda.

US England and Wales France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1916 1 in 7,202 #16,336
England and Wales 1932 1 in 54,449 n/a
France 1903 1 in 52,020 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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