Lydia

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #92in 2025
  • 1 in 597girls in 2025
  • −15%last ten years
  • 3.6×in North Dakota

Most popular in 1883.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,6833,36518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Lydia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,319
18813,252
18823,171
18833,365
18842,860
18853,036
18862,712
18873,069
18882,642
18892,781
18903,026
18912,733
18922,458
18932,809
18942,772
18952,808
18962,438
18972,741
18982,616
18992,429
19002,148
19012,118
19022,026
19031,916
19041,979
19051,776
19061,615
19071,607
19081,493
19091,449
19101,354
19111,358
19121,256
19131,215
19141,102
19151,104
19161,099
19171,091
1918992
1919937
1920933
1921853
1922853
1923801
1924730
1925784
1926686
1927735
1928707
1929667
1930610
1931607
1932590
1933663
1934605
1935638
1936661
1937646
1938614
1939620
1940635
1941565
1942632
1943619
1944608
1945655
1946564
1947592
1948720
1949725
1950658
1951639
1952716
1953829
1954803
1955811
1956770
1957793
1958784
1959771
1960826
1961779
1962718
1963670
1964624
1965611
1966564
1967531
1968526
1969478
1970529
1971507
1972495
1973464
1974492
1975459
1976510
1977499
1978462
1979500
1980519
1981564
1982621
1983612
1984713
1985709
1986658
1987695
1988659
1989685
1990741
1991735
1992767
1993785
1994898
19951,000
19961,034
19971,113
19981,172
19991,234
20001,278
20011,313
20021,398
20031,449
20041,436
20051,507
20061,403
20071,442
20081,521
20091,540
20101,598
20111,758
20121,803
20131,859
20142,044
20151,969
20162,046
20171,935
20181,889
20191,796
20201,735
20211,789
20221,718
20231,704
20241,653
20251,675

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Dakota 3.6×
  2. Maine 3.4×
  3. South Dakota 3.2×
  4. Montana 2.8×
  5. New Hampshire 2.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,692
Rank in 2025
#92
How rare
1 in 597 girls
Since 1880
187,039

Most popular in 1883, at 3,365 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 15% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Dakota3.6×47
Maine3.4×52
South Dakota3.2×48
Montana2.8×39
New Hampshire2.8×52

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.