How rare is the name Leidy?

4,777 people in the United States have the first name Leidy, about 1 in 63,226. It ranks #4,058 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEIDY

#4,058

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,777
About
1 in 63,226
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,777 people named Leidy, 97.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as White. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leidy peaked in 2006, when 50 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
50
In 2025*
21 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 871 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Leidy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #7,457. The largest share of babies named Leidy, 49.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,9486
1980s#20,77320
1990s#11,514120
2000s#7,457308
2010s#8,423279
2020s#9,399138
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–1249.1%
2013 and later39.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Leidy

#4,056 Gareth · 4,779#4,057 Robinson · 4,778#4,059 Felicita · 4,773#4,059 Roxane · 4,773

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leidy, most common first.

#9,704 Leida · 1,417#19,367 Leydy · 547#20,463 Leidi · 505#24,232 Ledy · 399#44,535 Leddy · 155

Also a last name

As a last name, Leidy ranks #21,686 of 156,621, with 1,225 people. See Leidy as a last name

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