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Girl's name · #92 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Lydia was #75 in 1883, slipped to #333 by 1975, and has climbed back to #92 today. About 187,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Its relative popularity was strongest in the West in the 1940s and 1950s, and is strongest in the Midwest in 2020–2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#119 in N. Ireland (2025) · #132 in New Zealand (2025) · #142 in Norway (2025) · #159 in England & Wales (2025) · #213 in Sweden (2025) · #223 in Scotland (2025) · #336 in Switzerland (2025) · #469 in Belgium (2025) · #471 in France (2025) · #598 in Austria (2025) · #626 in Netherlands (2025) · #672 in Ireland (2025) and 1 more.
Among 1,265 notable people named Lydia:
Medical professionals appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner, American bacteriologist and physician (1871–1935).
Similar names: Cora · Lillian · Julia · Lena · Georgia · Helena
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