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 Λυδία, Ludía, from λυδία, a feminine form of the ancient given name Λυδός.

From Wikipedia

Lydia first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 1,084 babies (rank #50 that year). It was not in the 2024 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

15,486
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,084
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19961,009#61
19971,062#56
19981,083#50
19991,084#50
2000913#57
2001861#59
2002687#76
2003754#69
2004768#70
2005649#84
2006652#86
2007667#86
2008661#88
2009639#91
2010551#107
2011589#100
2012590#96
2013552#100
2014602#94
2015550#103
2016563#100