Lydia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lydia
Lydia is one of the first place names, after an area of Asia Minor whose inhabitants are credited with strong musical talent great wealth. Always among the US Top 1000 girl names, Lydia is a quietly fashionable classic.
Although mentioned in the New Testament (Lydia was the first European convert of Saint Paul), it didn't really emerge as a viable first name until the eighteenth century, promoted via the character of Lydia Languish in Sheridan's popular 1775 play The Rivals, and the youngest of the Bennett girls in Pride and Prejudice.
Lydia continued to be a literary favorite, found in the novels of George Eliot and D. H. Lawrence. And there's also the iconic Groucho Marx ditty: "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
Lydia is increasingly appreciated for its history and haunting quality. Cute nickname: Liddy or Lydie.
Lydia is also given to boys.
Pronounced LID-ee-uh.
As of October 2026, Lydia ranked #92 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #75 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #76.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #84 | 3,652 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #80 | 3,512 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #80 | 3,622 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #85 | 3,339 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #89 | 3,212 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #94 | 3,014 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #95 | 2,803 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #89 | 2,931 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #93 | 2,815 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #95 | 2,729 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #97 | 2,663 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #92 | 2,692 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Lydia on lists
Famous Lydias
- Lydia HuallasGirl
Bolivian mountaineer
- Lydia of ThyatiraGirl
first European convert to Christianity
- Lydia CornellGirl
American actress
- Lydia NightGirl
lead singer of rock band The Regrettes
- Lydia Marie HearstGirl
Shaw, American actress, model, and heiress
- Lydia Estes PinkhamGirl
American entrepreneur
- Lydia JacksonGirl
birth name of Lidian Emerson, wife of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Lydia MilletGirl
American novelist
- Lydia Field EmmetGirl
American painter
- Lydia Dmitrievna GromykoGirl
wife of Soviet leader Andrey Gromyko
- Lydia Maria Frances ChildGirl
American abolitionist and feminist
- Lydia TaftGirl
first woman to legally vote in the U.S.
- Lydia LassilaGirl
Australian Olympic freestyle skier
- Lydia DavisGirl
American novelist
- Lydia GibsonGirl
American illustrator
- Lydia ShackletonGirl
Irish botanical artist
- Lydia WeltiGirl
Escher, Swiss arts patron
- Lydia Marie MackayGirl
American actress
- Lydia ShumGirl
Hong Kong comedienne
- Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch)Girl
American musician
- Lydia SchenardiGirl
French MEP
- Lydia Grace Yilkari WilliamsGirl
Australian soccer player
- Lydia CampbellGirl
daughter of actor Larry Joe Campbell
Lydia in pop culture
- LydiaGirl
a housecarl of Whiterun and follower/companion in the video game Skyrim by Bethesda.
- Countess Lydia IvanovnaGirl
character in Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
- Lydia MacmillanGirl
main character in 1941 movie "Lydia"
- Lydia DeetzGirl
character in movie "Beetlejuice"
- Lydia BennetGirl
character in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice
- Lydia McBride SteedGirl
character in Gerald N. Lund's The Work and the Glory
- Lydia MartinGirl
character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Lydia BranwellGirl
Character on Freeform's 'Shadowhunters'
- Lydia ParkingtonGirl
mother of American Girl character Samantha; Samantha's doll's name
- Lydia HartGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Lydia GoldblattGirl
character in "The Popularity Papers"
- Lydia HillardGirl
eldest daughter in movie "Mrs Doubtfire"
- Lydia RodarteGirl
Quayle, character on TV's 'Breaking Bad'
- Lydia Bob ScottGirl
daugther to Nathan and Haley on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Lydia ConstantineGirl
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- LydiaGirl
villain in animated film "Barbie; the Diamond Castle"
- Lydia Amelia PierceGirl
main character in the Dear America book "Like the Willow Tree
- Lydia PiemanGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Lydia CopperbottomGirl
character in the movie "Robots"
- Lydia HallGirl
character on ABC's "Quantico"
- "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"Girl
popular song by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
- "Lydia"Girl
song by Highly Suspect
- Lydia BoyleGirl
character in video game "Dishonored"
- Lydia FryeGirl
character in video game"Assassin's Creed Syndicate"
- Lydia RieraGirl
character in Netflix's original series "One Day at a Time"
- Lydia LeeGirl
character in Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You"
- Aunt LydiaGirl
character in the book and TV series "The Handmaid's tale"