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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lyda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lyda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lyda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lyda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lyda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lyda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lyda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lyda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 32 0.000158822 32 100%
1881 43 0.000223159 43 100%
1882 38 0.000171532 38 100%
1883 33 0.000152112 33 100%
1884 39 0.00016019 39 100%
1885 49 0.000203443 49 100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 100%
1887 36 0.000145518 36 100%
1888 51 0.000170299 51 100%
1889 69 0.000238799 69 100%
1890 56 0.000185799 56 100%
1891 59 0.000205809 59 100%
1892 46 0.000137571 46 100%
1893 54 0.00016604 54 100%
1894 52 0.000153533 52 100%
1895 57 0.000162384 57 100%
1896 59 0.000165042 59 100%
1897 53 0.000152757 53 100%
1898 76 0.000199237 76 100%
1899 56 0.000165078 56 100%
1900 44 0.000097722 44 100%
1901 57 0.000164829 57 100%
1902 58 0.000149974 58 100%
1903 41 0.000107555 41 100%
1904 57 0.000141269 57 100%
1905 47 0.000110869 47 100%
1906 53 0.000123701 53 100%
1907 46 0.000098842 46 100%
1908 46 0.000094137 46 100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 100%
1910 55 0.000093108 55 100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 100%
1912 73 0.000073882 73 100%
1913 61 0.000053645 61 100%
1914 102 0.000072016 102 100%
1915 89 0.000048569 89 100%
1916 145 0.000074958 145 100%
1917 109 0.000054317 109 100%
1918 110 0.000050665 110 100%
1919 109 0.000051653 109 100%
1920 96 0.000042428 96 100%
1921 114 0.000048833 114 100%
1922 79 0.000034511 79 100%
1923 83 0.000036048 83 100%
1924 99 0.000041569 94 5 90%
1925 112 0.000048001 112 100%
1926 75 0.000032667 75 100%
1927 72 0.000031043 72 100%
1928 61 0.00002698 61 100%
1929 61 0.000027826 61 100%
1930 65 0.000029236 65 100%
1931 48 0.000022809 48 100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 100%
1933 61 0.000030508 61 100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 100%
1935 45 0.000021532 45 100%
1936 65 0.000031286 65 100%
1937 40 0.000018773 40 100%
1938 43 0.000019434 43 100%
1939 46 0.000020876 46 100%
1940 46 0.000019977 46 100%
1941 42 0.000017238 42 100%
1942 52 0.000019035 52 100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 100%
1944 29 0.00001078 29 100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 100%
1947 42 0.000011659 42 100%
1948 31 0.000008979 31 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 100%
1956 22 0.000005336 22 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

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