# Alida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alida/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,650 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,650 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 4,473 |
| 2012 | 28 | 4,973 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,896 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,550 |
| 2015 | 27 | 4,988 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,931 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,703 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,358 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,168 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,887 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,619 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,179 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,761 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,567 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4,991 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Alida

- Alida Chelli, actress, singer and TV-hostess
- Alida van der Anker-Doedens, Canoe racer (1922-2014)
- Alida van Daalen, Dutch athletics competitor
- Alida Bosshardt, Dutch Righteous Among the Nations (1913-2007)
- Alida Francis, Dutch civil servant
- Alida van Houten, Dutch painter (1868-1960)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.