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The first name Nydia

A girl’s name.

3 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Nydia at birth, 1880–2025

In 2024, 8 girls born in the United States were named Nydia, the 11,885th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1992, when 84 were.

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3,704
babies named Nydia since 1880
#11,885
rank in 2024
1992
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Nydia

3 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Nydia M. Velázquez
    American politician (born 1953)
  • Nydia Westman
    American actress (1902-1970)
  • Nydia Quintero Turbay
    First lady of Colombia, 1932–2025

Questions

Is Nydia a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,704 US babies named Nydia since 1880 were girls.
When was Nydia most popular?
1992 in the United States, when 84 babies were named Nydia, its highest rank at 1,758th.