The name Lydia is of Greek origin, and means Lydian woman.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lydia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lydia
Use of the Name Lydia for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
123,084
67,167
40,002
21,928
12,284
5,172
2,568
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lydia has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lydia
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
77
302
1881
77
299
1882
76
342
1883
75
378
1884
80
369
1885
77
404
1886
87
392
1887
76
448
1888
85
472
1889
83
496
1890
78
576
1891
86
507
1892
93
522
1893
81
598
1894
85
618
1895
85
656
1896
91
580
1897
83
642
1898
88
677
1899
97
566
1900
104
645
1901
103
507
1902
112
535
1903
116
502
1904
112
545
1905
123
518
1906
132
477
1907
130
512
1908
140
499
1909
142
501
1910
152
535
1911
142
568
1912
152
699
1913
154
755
1914
169
833
1915
170
1,087
1916
168
1,148
1917
169
1,179
1918
180
1,145
1919
186
1,060
1920
185
1,117
1921
197
1,053
1922
199
1,023
1923
204
966
1924
216
911
1925
206
955
1926
222
814
1927
217
872
1928
219
817
1929
223
748
1930
234
684
1931
236
645
1932
246
631
1933
237
664
1934
249
631
1935
242
672
1936
237
689
1937
239
684
1938
244
675
1939
237
682
1940
235
724
1941
248
681
1942
226
855
1943
227
864
1944
233
807
1945
224
856
1946
239
885
1947
230
1,045
1948
209
1,217
1949
214
1,242
1950
223
1,128
1951
226
1,148
1952
213
1,325
1953
201
1,562
1954
198
1,551
1955
200
1,587
1956
206
1,541
1957
206
1,620
1958
207
1,576
1959
210
1,562
1960
205
1,664
1961
214
1,573
1962
227
1,409
1963
246
1,290
1964
258
1,183
1965
263
1,077
1966
270
959
1967
288
879
1968
301
861
1969
320
806
1970
307
919
1971
315
841
1972
319
752
1973
330
673
1974
317
723
1975
334
666
1976
310
742
1977
312
763
1978
328
699
1979
296
800
1980
288
859
1981
268
936
1982
240
1,046
1983
239
1,017
1984
217
1,198
1985
211
1,208
1986
233
1,116
1987
226
1,188
1988
230
1,146
1989
219
1,234
1990
206
1,385
1991
214
1,363
1992
205
1,389
1993
206
1,409
1994
188
1,580
1995
173
1,738
1996
175
1,785
1997
160
1,914
1998
153
2,049
1999
149
2,158
2000
149
2,290
2001
140
2,342
2002
137
2,480
2003
127
2,604
2004
126
2,568
Totals:
123,084
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lydia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.