Lydia

girls:

181.6k births since 1880

#215 (96th percentile)

boys:

277 births since 1902

#4309 (6th percentile)

overall:

181.9k births since 1880

#421 (95th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lydia".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
181,577
Peak Births
3,651
Peak Year
2016
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
91.8%
Current Percentile
90.2%
Peak Rank
#71
Current Rank
#94
Female statistics
Total Births
277
Peak Births
16
Peak Year
2004
First Recorded
1902
Peak Percentile
1.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#234
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Lydia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lydia. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 90.7% confident that Lydia is pronounced as LIH-dee-uh. The next most likely pronunciation is LIH-dyuh, at 9.3% confidence.

LIH-dee-uh (3 syllables)
Verified
90.7% confidence
L IH1 D IY0 AH0
LIH-dyuh (2 syllables)
9.3% confidence
L IH1 D Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Lydia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Lydia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

LEE-dee-uh (3 syllables)
6 names 11.3k births
L IY1 D IY0 AH0
LEE-dyuh (2 syllables)
2 names 381 births
L IY1 D Y AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L IH1 D IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.