Names like Lydia

In 2025, 2,692 girls born in the US were named Lydia, #92 among girls' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 35 of those 146 years.

Its best rank was #75, in 1883.

The most births in one year were 3,652, in 2014.

Births fell 23% from 3,514 in 2015.

11 of the 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Lydia's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #77
2. 1890
   #78
3. 1900
   #104
4. 1910
   #152
5. 1920
   #185
6. 1930
   #233
7. 1940
   #235
8. 1950
   #223
9. 1960
   #205
10. 1970
    #306
11. 1980
    #287
12. 1990
    #204
13. 2000
    #147
14. 2010
    #110
15. 2020
    #95
16. 2025
    #92

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Lydia's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.