Lidya
Girl · LID-yah · Greek
Lidya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman of Lydia”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Lidya mean?
Greek: form of Lydia
“woman of Lydia”
A form of Lydia, the cloth merchant who became one of Saint Paul's first converts in Europe.
- Say it
- LID-yah
Is Lidya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lidya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lidya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Lidya, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
2025 had the most girls named Lidya of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Lidya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Lidya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2 | #7,309 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Lidya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Lidya, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Lidya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lidya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Lidya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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