Lady
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-dee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Lady is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lady, noblewoman”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Lady mean?
English: English word name, from Old English hlaefdige
“lady, noblewoman”
From the English title, which comes from Old English hlaefdige, literally loaf-kneader.
Is Lady a girl's or a boy's name?
Lady is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lady in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Lady, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Lady than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Lady in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Lady in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Lady in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Lady, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Lady in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Lady or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Lady in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,699 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,091 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 21 | #890 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 17 | #923 |
| 1906 | 15 | #965 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,011 |
| 1904 | 15 | #938 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
Names like Lady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Lady
Names related to Lady
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lady: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lady, updated 20 October 2026.