Lydia

“Woman from Lydia — the region of Asia Minor; a New Testament name” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #92 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Lydia was #75 in 1883, slipped to #333 by 1975, and has climbed back to #92 today. About 187,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the West in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Midwest today.

Around the world: #99 in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lydias

Lydia Koidula — Estonian poet (1843-1886)
Lydia Litvyak — Soviet flying ace
Lydia Davis — American writer (born 1947)
Lydia Maria Child — American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)
Lydia of Thyatira — 1st‑century Lydian merchant of purple cloth, Christian saint, early European convert to Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles

In stories & tradition

Lydia — The Walking Dead
Lydia Bennet — Pride and Prejudice · Pride & Prejudice
Lydia Martin — Teen Wolf

What Lydias become

Among 1,265 notable people named Lydia:

Medical professionals appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner, American bacteriologist and physician (1871–1935).

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