Nydia
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Nydia is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nydia mean?
Popularised by a Victorian novel; source uncertain
Nydia is the blind flower-seller in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii.
Is Nydia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nydia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nydia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Nydia in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nydia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,390 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,751 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,859 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,603 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,700 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,678 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,558 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 77 | #1,384 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,755 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,796 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,466 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,506 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,391 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,459 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,401 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,806 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
Names like Nydia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nadia, Maria, Melissa, Brianna, Vanessa, Cassandra, Andrea, Samantha, Jessica, Rebecca, Nicole, Alicia
Names related to Nydia
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, “Nydia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nydia, updated 20 October 2026.