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Name meaning & stats

Lydia

Lydia means “from the region of Lydia”. 147,198 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.

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What it means

“from the region of Lydia”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2014

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

147,198 US babies were named Lydia between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Lydia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 91% of the family

  • Lydia 91%
  • Lidia 6%
  • Lida 1%
  • Lyda 1%
  • Leida <1%
  • Lidya <1%
  • Leyda <1%
  • Lydiah <1%
  • Lidiya <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2014)