Lydian
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lid-ee-AN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lydian is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lydian mean?
Modern: spelling of Lydiann; compound of Lydia and Ann
Combines Lydia, Greek for 'woman of Lydia', with Ann, a form of Hebrew Hannah.
Meaning borrowed from Lydiann.
Is Lydian a girl's or a boy's name?
Lydian is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lydian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Lydian, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Lydian in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lydian in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Lydian
- Lydia 352 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lydian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Braelynn Teagan Lakelynn Raelynn Lennon Eowyn Rylynn Oaklynn Londyn Rynlee Brynn
Names related to Lydian
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Ailani
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, “Lydian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lydian, updated 20 October 2026.