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Alida

Girl · uh-LEE-duh · Germanic

Alida is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).

What does Alida mean?

Germanic: Dutch and Italian short form of Adelaide

“noble kind”

Italian actress Alida Valli is best remembered for her role in the 1949 film The Third Man.

Say it
uh-LEE-duh

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Is Alida a girl's or a boy's name?

Alida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alida in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.

1996Busiest: 5 in 19962023
Alida in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20233#5,929
20220–
20210–
20203#5,734
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20081#7,383
20070–
20061#6,685
20050–
20040–
20030–
20021#5,540
20013#4,156
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19965#2,815

How popular is Alida in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,986among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 62,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Alida, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 64 girls.

Half of all the girls named Alida in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1986. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 64 in 19172025
Alida in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#4,986
202430#4,558
202321#5,747
202225#5,169
202129#4,603
202026#4,878
201925#5,161
201832#4,356
201729#4,693
201638#3,923
201527#4,979
201431#4,542
201328#4,885
201228#4,955
201132#4,465
201025#5,412
200932#4,570
200825#5,571
200733#4,474
200621#6,123
200547#3,253
200425#5,058
200330#4,303
200234#3,806
200129#4,205
200036#3,586
199925#4,440
199835#3,423
199731#3,623
199628#3,826
199526#3,964
199431#3,531
199329#3,676
199234#3,261
199126#3,930
199029#3,618
198931#3,324
198829#3,301
198732#2,970
198635#2,723
198535#2,703
198437#2,514
198329#2,909
198231#2,900
198138#2,488
198036#2,603
197937#2,477
197834#2,516
197745#2,091
197639#2,174
197531#2,516
197441#2,029
197340#2,019
197234#2,222
197143#1,966
197038#2,120
196925#2,645
196818#3,056
196733#2,039
196627#2,307
196537#1,887
196433#2,070
196335#1,980
196232#2,072
196140#1,806
196044#1,694
195944#1,642
195850#1,511
195736#1,807
195638#1,716
195535#1,773
195460#1,277
195356#1,298
195251#1,350
195152#1,291
195038#1,494
194963#1,143
194862#1,134
194749#1,301
194640#1,375
194522#1,794
194428#1,544
194323#1,790
194231#1,471
194127#1,501
194026#1,518
193919#1,797
193826#1,475
193718#1,845
193628#1,375
193533#1,244
193432#1,263
193333#1,244
193235#1,213
193130#1,336
193043#1,128
192931#1,369
192827#1,540
192746#1,127
192635#1,324
192526#1,646
192436#1,354
192341#1,213
192246#1,124
192145#1,136
192037#1,255
191937#1,242
191853#989
191764#859
191654#928
191551#927
191433#1,034
191340#830
191229#938
191118#1,031
191028#812
190918#961
190827#742
190724#760
190621#793
190524#734
190418#853
190321#734
190227#642
190117#795
190026#705
189927#593
189813#963
189730#537
189634#504
189526#596
189432#504
189324#571
189225#554
189126#506
189021#570
188920#567
188819#572
188716#560
188622#459
188516#542
18847#851
188316#480
188218#431
188116#418
188017#403

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