How rare is the name Nydia?

5,577 people in the United States have the first name Nydia, about 1 in 54,157. It ranks #3,657 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NYDIA

#3,657

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,577
About
1 in 54,157
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,577 people named Nydia, 84.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% as Black and 3.8% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nydia peaked in 1992, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962024
Peak year
1992
Births that year
84
In 2024
8 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,704 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Nydia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,673. The largest share of babies named Nydia, 26.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#3,7106
1910s#8,84716
1920s#9,04330
1930s#7,00142
1940s#4,706114
1950s#2,673409
1960s#2,933403
1970s#2,689581
1980s#2,827668
1990s#3,778603
2000s#4,771593
2010s#10,547202
2020s#21,06337
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–6418.2%
Generation X 1965–8023.2%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1224.2%
2013 and later4.1%

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.

Where Nydia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nydia has been most common in New York (4.6×), Texas (3.6×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.43×).

2,087 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nydia

1 other first name also has 5,577 people.

#3,657 Ema · 5,577

Either side of Nydia

#3,656 Edmundo · 5,578#3,657 Ema · 5,577#3,659 Artur · 5,571#3,660 Delmar · 5,569

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nydia, most common first.

#47,034 Nyda · 140

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