girl's name

Lidia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 14,703

Scotland

#860

2019 births

Lidia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 132 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 243 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 25,117 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.

Lidia 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.

1,977
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lidia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 12
1890s 22
1900s 28
1910s 145
1920s 429
1930s 518
1940s 563
1950s 708
1960s 830
1970s 969
1980s 1,097
1990s 1,690
2000s 1,977
2010s 1,561
2020s (to 2025) 777

How popular is Lidia?

In 2025, Lidia was given to 132 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lidia is used

Scotland #860 3 in 2019
Ireland #1,024 3 in 2022
United States #1,588 132 in 2025
Canada #1,660 14 in 2024
England & Wales #1,756 17 in 2025
France #3,010 10 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 Lidia

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

Parents who like Lidia also like

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

Lidia in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Bulgarian
Lidiya
Greek
Lida
Italian
Ledia
Kazakh
Lidiya
Russian
Lidiya
Slovene
Lidija
Tatar
Lidiya

Sibling names for Lidia

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

Common questions about Lidia

How popular is the name Lidia?

In 2025, Lidia was given to 132 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Lidia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lidia most popular?

Lidia peaked in 2008, when 243 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Lidia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lidia currently ranks #1,588 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.