Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lydia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lydia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

3,652

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

27.1%

2024

2,663

All-time

184,295

Lydia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 3,652 girls were named Lydia.

In 2024, only 2,663 girls were given the name.

Down 27.1% from its peak.

All told, about 184,295 Americans have been named Lydia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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