Leidy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-dee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Leidy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Leidy mean?
English: Spanish phonetic spelling of English Lady
“lady”
A Latin American respelling of the English word lady, especially popular in Colombia.
Is Leidy a girl's or a boy's name?
Leidy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leidy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Leidy, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Leidy in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Leidy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Leidy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Leidy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Cassidy Kenley Kennedy Brynn Brynlee Briar Keiry Londyn Kinley Brooklyn Heavenly
Other spellings of Leidy
Names related to Leidy
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Leidy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leidy, updated 20 October 2026.