Lydell
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
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
By decade
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.
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Dwanpeak 1983
- Jobypeak 1977
- Jedpeak 1978
- Cedricpeak 1982
- Darickpeak 1978
- Torrypeak 1976
- Sedrickpeak 1976
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.