Lida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-da
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Lida is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear to the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Lida mean?
Slavic: short form of Ludmila, also used for Lydia
“dear to the people”
Slavic short form of Ludmila, also used as a form of Lydia in Greece and elsewhere.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lida a girl's or a boy's name?
Lida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lida, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Lida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Lida, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 125 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lida in the US since 1880 were born between 1902 and 1948. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Lida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,843 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,093 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,331 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,577 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,433 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,132 |
| 1939 | 56 | #939 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 63 | #870 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1934 | 54 | #938 |
| 1933 | 63 | #845 |
| 1932 | 59 | #913 |
| 1931 | 54 | #941 |
| 1930 | 57 | #971 |
| 1929 | 71 | #842 |
| 1928 | 83 | #786 |
| 1927 | 71 | #883 |
| 1926 | 79 | #824 |
| 1925 | 84 | #806 |
| 1924 | 67 | #929 |
| 1923 | 105 | #714 |
| 1922 | 70 | #872 |
| 1921 | 83 | #804 |
| 1920 | 99 | #727 |
| 1919 | 108 | #673 |
| 1918 | 125 | #632 |
| 1917 | 102 | #677 |
| 1916 | 115 | #631 |
| 1915 | 119 | #599 |
| 1914 | 86 | #618 |
| 1913 | 66 | #637 |
| 1912 | 67 | #596 |
| 1911 | 45 | #641 |
| 1910 | 47 | #610 |
| 1909 | 58 | #488 |
| 1908 | 52 | #503 |
| 1907 | 40 | #580 |
| 1906 | 50 | #486 |
| 1905 | 47 | #490 |
| 1904 | 62 | #407 |
| 1903 | 38 | #522 |
| 1902 | 63 | #391 |
| 1901 | 40 | #475 |
| 1900 | 55 | #453 |
| 1899 | 63 | #367 |
| 1898 | 72 | #368 |
| 1897 | 83 | #318 |
| 1896 | 73 | #340 |
| 1895 | 54 | #379 |
| 1894 | 61 | #355 |
| 1893 | 61 | #343 |
| 1892 | 68 | #326 |
| 1891 | 89 | #258 |
| 1890 | 70 | #296 |
| 1889 | 78 | #269 |
| 1888 | 84 | #252 |
| 1887 | 72 | #248 |
| 1886 | 64 | #260 |
| 1885 | 68 | #242 |
| 1884 | 57 | #259 |
| 1883 | 62 | #228 |
| 1882 | 73 | #190 |
| 1881 | 57 | #200 |
| 1880 | 49 | #219 |
Names like Lida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Lottie Lola Etta Rosa Matilda Eva Clara Nina Mabel Martha Florence
Names related to Lida
More Slavic names
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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, “Lida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lida, updated 20 October 2026.