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Lydell

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Lydell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 959th, in 1977.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
100.00% of boys
Peak year
197780 births
Best rank
#959in 1977
Since 1933
1,904people given the name
Babies named Lydell, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,904 boys have been named Lydell in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 80 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 26%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Lydell
1930s11
1950s153
1960s304
1970s503
1980s348
1990s215
2000s188
2010s139
2020s43

In 1977, its biggest year

Lydell was the 959th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1977 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1977.

Names that rose and fell with Lydell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.