Girl name#236 of girl names
Lydia
Pronounced L IH1 D IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2014
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Lydia?
Lydia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 184,611 children — the 236th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 3,652 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L IH1 D IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lydia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lydia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lydia?
- Lydia ranks 236th among girls' names in US records, with 184,611 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 30,640.
- Is Lydia a unisex name?
- No. Lydia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lydia most popular?
- 2014, when 3,652 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.