girl's name

Lida

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 6,250

Lida is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 125 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lida over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Lida by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 664
1890s 694
1900s 505
1910s 880
1920s 812
1930s 539
1940s 417
1950s 356
1960s 258
1970s 175
1980s 161
1990s 133
2000s 136
2010s 118
2020s (to 2025) 73

How popular is Lida?

In 2025, Lida was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Lida is used

Canada #3,034 6 in 2011
France #6,410 5 in 2025
England & Wales #7,033 3 in 2025
United States #9,137 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lida

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lida also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lida over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lida

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lida — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lida

How popular is the name Lida?

In 2025, Lida was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Lida a girl's or a boy's name?

Lida is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lida?

Lida has 2 syllables.

When was Lida most popular?

Lida peaked in 1918, when 125 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Lida a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lida currently ranks #6,410 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.