Lydia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Lydia is a feminine first name. It derives from the Greek ฮ›ฯ…ฮดฮฏฮฑ, Ludรญa, from ฮปฯ…ฮดฮฏฮฑ, a feminine form of the ancient given name ฮ›ฯ…ฮดฯŒฯ‚.

From Wikipedia

Lydia first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1981 with 120 babies (rank #139 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lydia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lydia yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,579
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
120
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195275#193
195388#172
195490#167
1955109#147
195683#190
1957108#160
1958114#157
1959102#174
1960106#171
1961103#173
1962104#173
1963116#159
1964116#153
1965109#164
196696#187
196792#189
1968105#175
1969109#179
197084#224
197180#225
197278#225
197385#195
197458#248
197559#241
197654#256
197760#234
197897#167
197992#173
198097#177
1981120#139
198278#198
1983102#160
1984101#160
198587#192
198687#197
198777#206
198876#212
198976#219
199068#239
199158#267
199272#231
199363#256
199466#235
199563#238
199643#327
199751#293
199842#344
199956#256
200059#257
200145#317
200252#284
200335#370
200427#426
200537#322
200638#312
200731#361
200834#340
200934#333
201028#367
201130#330
201231#309
201326#348
201417#443