How rare is the name Lida?

4,419 people in the United States have the first name Lida, about 1 in 68,348. It ranks #4,298 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LIDA

#4,298

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,419
About
1 in 68,348
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,419 people named Lida, 58.1% reported their origin as White, 24.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lida peaked in 1918, when 125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
125
In 2025*
11 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,921 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Lida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #430. The largest share of babies named Lida, 33.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#430664
1890s#542694
1900s#745505
1910s#1,156880
1920s#1,485812
1930s#1,756539
1940s#2,264417
1950s#2,897356
1960s#3,783258
1970s#5,836175
1980s#7,351161
1990s#10,723133
2000s#13,248136
2010s#15,121118
2020s#14,28773
Before 190123.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2733.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.9%
Baby boom 1946–6411.3%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–964%
Generation Z 1997–123.7%
2013 and later2.6%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Lida ranks #128,411 of 156,621, with 139 people. See Lida as a last name

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