Lida
Used as a short form of Lidia and Lydia in Slavic and English speech. Lydia was a region of western Asia Minor, so the name originally meant a woman from there.
Lida in 2025
Lida was given to 11 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 15,678th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 301,395 babies born.
The history of Lida
Lida reached its highest point in 1918, when 125 babies were given the name, ranking 1,170th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 374th, in 1882.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 5,921 babies have been named Lida. Half of them were born before 1922, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Lida by decade
| Decade | Babies named Lida | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 664 | 374 |
| 1890s | 694 | 410 |
| 1900s | 505 | 616 |
| 1910s | 880 | 982 |
| 1920s | 812 | 1,314 |
| 1930s | 539 | 1,565 |
| 1940s | 417 | 1,994 |
| 1950s | 356 | 2,250 |
| 1960s | 258 | 3,174 |
| 1970s | 175 | 3,847 |
| 1980s | 161 | 5,635 |
| 1990s | 133 | 8,575 |
| 2000s | 136 | 11,439 |
| 2010s | 118 | 12,823 |
| 2020s | 73 | 11,547 |
Where Lida is heading
Lida has fallen 21% over the past decade, from 14 babies in 2015 to 11 in 2025.
Names like Lida
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Lida.