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Lydia
Pronounced /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
Rank in 2024
#97
Born in 2024
2,663
Peak year
2014 · #84
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,663 girls were named Lydia, about 1 in every 606.
- It peaked in 2014 with 3,652 babies, ranked #84.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 184,295 girls have been named Lydia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lydia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.0Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 1.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 21,339 babies, 1.04 per 1,000. Silent: 13,013 babies, 0.63 per 1,000. Boomers: 26,140 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,055 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Millennials: 21,004 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Gen Z: 41,703 babies, 1.44 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 37,553 babies, 1.85 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lydia, CC BY-SA 4.0.