Lidija

Girls' name

Luwia, through Λῡδῐ́ᾱ

Lidija has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 2000. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Lidija, 2000

1 in 540,000

Lidija over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lidija: meaning, origin, and history

Luwia, through Λῡδῐ́ᾱ

Ancient Greek and Greek

What Lidija means

Lidija belongs to the name family reached through Lidija → Λῡδῐ́ᾱ. Its meaning is “Luwia”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lidija is used in Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbo-Croatian. Its origins include Ancient Greek and Greek.

Lidija comes through Ancient Greek Λυδία.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lydia and Λῡδῐ́ᾱ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Lithuanian, Lidija is pronounced [ˈlʲɪdʲɪjɛ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Lidija between 2000 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2000; its best national rank was #12,571 in 2000.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lidija?

Lidija had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000: 1 in 540,000; 7 of 3,778,496 births
Among girls only: 1 in 259,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2000: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 374,152 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lidija sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2000 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 374,152 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lidija. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lidijas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lidija was born before 2000 — so the typical Lidija is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Lidija rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (7)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,571; 2000

Spellings of Lidija

Lidija is not the most common spelling — Lydia is, with 79.5% against Lidija's <0.01%.

Lydia79.5%187,039
Lilia6.1%14,314
Lidia4.8%11,326
Livia4.4%10,236
Lida2.5%5,921
Nidia1.2%2,756
Elidia0.42%981
Licia0.31%735

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lidija around the world

Where Lidija ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1969–1983
#3,264
in 1983
South Australia
1962–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lidija by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,571; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 7 that year
First recorded: 2000
Last recorded: 2000
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lidija

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Liddia Lidea Shrija Manija Vilija Tonija Tynija Katija Livija Samija Lidy Kenija Deaija Lucija Seija Dwija Sanija Talaija Jadaija Lanaija Srinija Olivija Arija Ksenija

Sibling names for Lidija

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Genaro

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