Lady
Lady is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 737th, in 1900.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201648 births
- Best rank
- #737in 1900
- Since 1884
- 2,048people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,048 girls have been named Lady in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 48 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 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lady | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | |
| 1890s | 86 | |
| 1900s | 152 | |
| 1910s | 221 | |
| 1920s | 248 | |
| 1930s | 173 | |
| 1940s | 118 | |
| 1950s | 96 | |
| 1960s | 98 | |
| 1970s | 102 | |
| 1980s | 92 | |
| 1990s | 132 | |
| 2000s | 170 | |
| 2010s | 235 | |
| 2020s | 99 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Lady was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Lady
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eviapeak 1919
- Estherpeak 1918
- Vashtipeak 1922
- Odeliapeak 2024
- Erapeak 1916
- Hazelpeak 1918
- Vadapeak 2020
- Leoniapeak 1918
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.