Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lyda

#2,483 most common girls' name of all time · #4,222 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2,483
Rank overall
#4,222 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
4,978
Since 2016
109
Peak year
1916 #558
Best rank
#243 1881
Girls Boys peak 145/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lyda is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #14,945
2024 9 — 9 #10,274
2023 10 — 10 #9,617
2022 13 — 13 #8,034
2021 10 — 10 #9,565
2020 12 — 12 #8,407
2019 10 — 10 #9,738
2018 9 — 9 #10,547
2017 14 — 14 #7,842
2016 17 — 17 #6,903
2015 10 — 10 #10,150
2014 10 — 10 #10,130
2013 9 — 9 #11,001
2012 14 — 14 #8,209
2011 8 — 8 #12,155
2010 5 — 5 #16,995
2009 9 — 9 #11,462
2008 11 — 11 #10,085
2007 7 — 7 #13,925
2006 6 — 6 #15,154
2005 14 — 14 #7,894
2004 10 — 10 #9,897
2003 10 — 10 #9,676
2002 6 — 6 #13,597
2001 5 — 5 #15,355
2000 8 — 8 #10,746
1999 13 — 13 #7,245
1998 11 — 11 #8,018
1997 5 — 5 #13,730
1995 7 — 7 #10,517
1994 11 — 11 #7,607
1992 12 — 12 #7,068
1991 9 — 9 #8,592
1990 7 — 7 #10,196
1989 6 — 6 #10,848
1988 7 — 7 #9,246
1987 9 — 9 #7,355
1986 11 — 11 #6,159
1985 7 — 7 #8,322
1984 9 — 9 #6,811
1983 11 — 11 #5,828
1982 8 — 8 #7,471
1981 12 — 12 #5,571
1980 8 — 8 #7,419
1979 8 — 8 #7,316
1978 8 — 8 #6,950
1977 8 — 8 #6,895
1976 5 — 5 #9,288
1975 7 — 7 #7,176
1974 7 — 7 #6,902
1973 7 — 7 #6,668
1972 7 — 7 #6,560
1971 6 — 6 #7,388
1970 7 — 7 #6,365
1969 8 — 8 #5,459
1968 13 — 13 #3,791
1967 6 — 6 #6,042
1966 10 — 10 #4,201
1965 20 — 20 #2,744
1964 18 — 18 #3,000
1963 15 — 15 #3,336
1962 17 — 17 #3,033
1961 16 — 16 #3,189
1960 25 — 25 #2,370
1959 17 — 17 #2,869
1958 12 — 12 #3,545
1957 21 — 21 #2,487
1956 22 — 22 #2,389
1955 19 — 19 #2,554
1954 23 — 23 #2,240
1953 17 — 17 #2,597
1952 31 — 31 #1,781
1951 29 — 29 #1,806
1950 27 — 27 #1,835
1949 25 — 25 #1,917
1948 31 — 31 #1,671
1947 42 — 42 #1,438
1946 46 — 46 #1,276
1945 30 — 30 #1,483
1944 29 — 29 #1,519
1943 36 — 36 #1,367
1942 52 — 52 #1,091
1941 42 — 42 #1,152
1940 46 — 46 #1,062
1939 46 — 46 #1,053
1938 43 — 43 #1,092
1937 40 — 40 #1,132
1936 65 — 65 #842
1935 45 — 45 #1,031
1934 41 — 41 #1,098
1933 61 — 61 #858
1932 52 — 52 #979
1931 48 — 48 #1,010
1930 65 — 65 #895
1929 61 — 61 #915
1928 61 — 61 #954
1927 72 — 72 #874
1926 75 — 75 #855
1925 112 — 112 #697
1924 94 5 99 #769
1923 83 — 83 #796
1922 79 — 79 #826
1921 114 — 114 #692
1920 96 — 96 #737
1919 109 — 109 #666
1918 110 — 110 #685
1917 109 — 109 #653
1916 145 — 145 #558
1915 89 — 89 #704
1914 102 — 102 #553
1913 61 — 61 #667
1912 73 — 73 #563
1911 57 — 57 #565
1910 55 — 55 #551
1909 39 — 39 #624
1908 46 — 46 #547
1907 46 — 46 #529
1906 53 — 53 #466
1905 47 — 47 #491
1904 57 — 57 #428
1903 41 — 41 #497
1902 58 — 58 #403
1901 57 — 57 #389
1900 44 — 44 #509
1899 56 — 56 #387
1898 76 — 76 #359
1897 53 — 53 #398
1896 59 — 59 #372
1895 57 — 57 #372
1894 52 — 52 #392
1893 54 — 54 #369
1892 46 — 46 #391
1891 59 — 59 #326
1890 56 — 56 #345
1889 69 — 69 #285
1888 51 — 51 #338
1887 36 — 36 #360
1886 35 — 35 #360
1885 49 — 49 #285
1884 39 — 39 #316
1883 33 — 33 #308
1882 38 — 38 #287
1881 43 — 43 #243
1880 32 — 32 #275