# Lidia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lidia/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,326 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,326 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 638, 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 | 182 | 1,296 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,403 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,448 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,444 |
| 2015 | 154 | 1,490 |
| 2016 | 151 | 1,509 |
| 2017 | 142 | 1,549 |
| 2018 | 125 | 1,674 |
| 2019 | 129 | 1,644 |
| 2020 | 126 | 1,648 |
| 2021 | 124 | 1,678 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,633 |
| 2023 | 118 | 1,745 |
| 2024 | 147 | 1,487 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,589 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1,172 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 37 | 955 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Lidia

- Lidia Bastianich, American celebrity chef
- Lidia Thorpe, Australian politician
- Lidia Elsa Satragno, Argentine actress
- Lydie Salvayre, French writer

## 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.