Lyda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-da
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Lyda is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman from Lydia”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Lyda mean?
Greek: short form of Lydia
“woman from Lydia”
A short form of Lydia, from the ancient kingdom of Lydia in what is now western Turkey.
Is Lyda a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Lyda, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 145 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lyda than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Lyda in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lyda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,834 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,916 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,275 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,481 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,518 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | 52 | #1,091 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,062 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,132 |
| 1936 | 65 | #840 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,098 |
| 1933 | 61 | #858 |
| 1932 | 52 | #979 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1930 | 65 | #894 |
| 1929 | 61 | #915 |
| 1928 | 61 | #954 |
| 1927 | 72 | #874 |
| 1926 | 75 | #854 |
| 1925 | 112 | #697 |
| 1924 | 94 | #768 |
| 1923 | 83 | #796 |
| 1922 | 79 | #826 |
| 1921 | 114 | #692 |
| 1920 | 96 | #737 |
| 1919 | 109 | #666 |
| 1918 | 110 | #685 |
| 1917 | 109 | #653 |
| 1916 | 145 | #557 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 102 | #553 |
| 1913 | 61 | #667 |
| 1912 | 73 | #563 |
| 1911 | 57 | #564 |
| 1910 | 55 | #550 |
| 1909 | 39 | #624 |
| 1908 | 46 | #546 |
| 1907 | 46 | #529 |
| 1906 | 53 | #465 |
| 1905 | 47 | #490 |
| 1904 | 57 | #428 |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 |
| 1902 | 58 | #403 |
| 1901 | 57 | #389 |
| 1900 | 44 | #509 |
| 1899 | 56 | #387 |
| 1898 | 76 | #359 |
| 1897 | 53 | #397 |
| 1896 | 59 | #372 |
| 1895 | 57 | #372 |
| 1894 | 52 | #390 |
| 1893 | 54 | #367 |
| 1892 | 46 | #391 |
| 1891 | 59 | #325 |
| 1890 | 56 | #343 |
| 1889 | 69 | #285 |
| 1888 | 51 | #337 |
| 1887 | 36 | #360 |
| 1886 | 35 | #360 |
| 1885 | 49 | #283 |
| 1884 | 39 | #315 |
| 1883 | 33 | #306 |
| 1882 | 38 | #287 |
| 1881 | 43 | #240 |
| 1880 | 32 | #275 |
Names like Lyda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Lyda
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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, “Lyda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyda, updated 20 October 2026.