Lydia
287
Babies in 2024
-52%
10-year change
1999
Peak · 1.08k
-10%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Lydia
Lydia peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (1,084 babies in 1999) and has remained in active use — 287 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Lydia reached its peak in 1999, when 1,084 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #50 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 287 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 18,353 girls have been officially registered with the name Lydia in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 4,582 girls were registered with the name, starting from 602 in 2014 and ending at 287 in 2024.