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.

Lydia

#220 most common girls' name of all time · #420 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#220
Rank overall
#420 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
187,317
Since 2016
29,869
Peak year
2014 #84
Best rank
#75 1883
Girls Boys peak 3,652/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lydia 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 2,692 — 2,692 #92
2024 2,678 — 2,678 #97
2023 2,735 — 2,735 #94
2022 2,818 — 2,818 #93
2021 2,935 — 2,935 #89
2020 2,804 6 2,810 #95
2019 3,015 — 3,015 #94
2018 3,213 — 3,213 #89
2017 3,341 7 3,348 #85
2016 3,625 — 3,625 #80
2015 3,514 — 3,514 #80
2014 3,652 — 3,652 #84
2013 3,262 5 3,267 #95
2012 3,176 — 3,176 #95
2011 3,092 — 3,092 #96
2010 2,840 6 2,846 #110
2009 2,830 — 2,830 #117
2008 2,876 — 2,876 #120
2007 2,773 — 2,773 #124
2006 2,668 5 2,673 #130
2005 2,785 8 2,793 #119
2004 2,636 16 2,652 #126
2003 2,647 — 2,647 #127
2002 2,512 — 2,512 #137
2001 2,364 — 2,364 #140
2000 2,321 — 2,321 #146
1999 2,189 — 2,189 #148
1998 2,071 — 2,071 #153
1997 1,937 — 1,937 #160
1996 1,813 — 1,813 #173
1995 1,759 — 1,759 #169
1994 1,603 — 1,603 #188
1993 1,421 — 1,421 #206
1992 1,414 — 1,414 #201
1991 1,378 — 1,378 #214
1990 1,406 — 1,406 #204
1989 1,262 5 1,267 #217
1988 1,174 — 1,174 #221
1987 1,209 10 1,219 #219
1986 1,129 13 1,142 #229
1985 1,220 — 1,220 #212
1984 1,201 8 1,209 #217
1983 1,023 5 1,028 #239
1982 1,051 5 1,056 #240
1981 940 — 940 #265
1980 862 5 867 #287
1979 803 5 808 #296
1978 708 5 713 #323
1977 765 — 765 #311
1976 747 — 747 #307
1975 669 7 676 #333
1974 722 — 722 #316
1973 677 — 677 #329
1972 753 7 760 #319
1971 844 — 844 #314
1970 924 5 929 #307
1969 807 — 807 #320
1968 863 — 863 #300
1967 877 — 877 #289
1966 954 5 959 #273
1965 1,079 7 1,086 #263
1964 1,183 — 1,183 #258
1963 1,291 5 1,296 #246
1962 1,412 5 1,417 #226
1961 1,573 — 1,573 #214
1960 1,670 6 1,676 #205
1959 1,561 5 1,566 #210
1958 1,577 6 1,583 #207
1957 1,621 6 1,627 #206
1956 1,545 5 1,550 #206
1955 1,585 — 1,585 #200
1954 1,560 — 1,560 #197
1953 1,560 — 1,560 #201
1952 1,327 — 1,327 #213
1951 1,150 — 1,150 #225
1950 1,127 — 1,127 #223
1949 1,241 — 1,241 #214
1948 1,222 — 1,222 #209
1947 1,050 — 1,050 #230
1946 886 — 886 #239
1945 856 — 856 #224
1944 807 — 807 #233
1943 864 7 871 #228
1942 854 5 859 #225
1941 682 10 692 #247
1940 726 5 731 #234
1939 680 5 685 #240
1938 677 — 677 #243
1937 687 9 696 #237
1936 688 7 695 #237
1935 669 10 679 #244
1934 632 — 632 #248
1933 668 — 668 #237
1932 630 — 630 #246
1931 646 — 646 #235
1930 687 5 692 #233
1929 745 5 750 #223
1928 815 5 820 #219
1927 876 7 883 #217
1926 813 — 813 #223
1925 954 — 954 #207
1924 912 5 917 #214
1923 966 — 966 #204
1922 1,025 — 1,025 #199
1921 1,052 — 1,052 #197
1920 1,118 5 1,123 #185
1919 1,059 — 1,059 #186
1918 1,148 — 1,148 #179
1917 1,180 — 1,180 #169
1916 1,148 — 1,148 #168
1915 1,086 — 1,086 #170
1914 839 — 839 #168
1913 759 — 759 #154
1912 701 — 701 #152
1911 568 — 568 #142
1910 537 — 537 #152
1909 503 — 503 #142
1908 499 — 499 #140
1907 512 — 512 #130
1906 477 — 477 #132
1905 518 — 518 #123
1904 545 — 545 #112
1903 502 — 502 #116
1902 535 5 540 #112
1901 507 — 507 #103
1900 644 — 644 #104
1899 566 — 566 #97
1898 677 — 677 #88
1897 642 — 642 #83
1896 580 — 580 #91
1895 656 — 656 #85
1894 618 — 618 #85
1893 598 — 598 #81
1892 522 — 522 #93
1891 507 — 507 #86
1890 576 — 576 #78
1889 496 — 496 #83
1888 472 — 472 #85
1887 448 — 448 #76
1886 392 — 392 #87
1885 404 — 404 #77
1884 369 — 369 #80
1883 378 — 378 #75
1882 342 — 342 #76
1881 299 — 299 #77
1880 302 — 302 #77