Lydell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ly-DEL
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Lydell is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Lydell come from?
English: probably from the surname Liddell, or a coinage with the -dell ending
Is Lydell a girl's or a boy's name?
Lydell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lydell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Lydell, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the boys named Lydell in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lydell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | 78 | #977 |
| 1977 | 80 | #954 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,067 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,427 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,226 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,419 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
Names like Lydell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brandon Bradley Corey Ryan Tyler Landon Mitchell Casey Cody Daniel Jason Kevin
Names related to Lydell
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, “Lydell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lydell, updated 20 October 2026.