girls:
323 births since 1888
#5393 (6th percentile)
overall:
323 births since 1888
#7416 (4th percentile)
The name Lydie is the #7,416 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 323 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,393 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 323 births since 1888.
Lydie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Lydie is available in 43 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lydie reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #583) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1895, with 45 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lydie ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 9.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lydie".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lydie", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Liddie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Liddie..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lydie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Lydie is pronounced as LIH-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-dee, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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