Lidia

“Variant of Lydia — Beautiful one; noble one” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #1587 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Lidia has appeared in US records since 1888 — best rank #788 (1937) · 11,326 babies named Lidia all-time · 1 in 13,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #63 in Poland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lidias

Lidia Ruslanova — Russian-Soviet singer (1900-1973)
Lidia Gueiler Tejada — President of Bolivia (1921-2011)
Lidia Kopania — Polish singer
Lidia Zamenhof — Polish writer, translator, Esperantist and Holocaust victim (1904–1942)
Lidia Șimon — Romanian marathon runner

Among 623 notable people named Lidia:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lidia Brito, Mozambiquan forestry expert and engineer.

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