Fun Facts About the Name Lydell
- More than 1 thousand babies named Lydell: U.S. records list 1,919 babies given the name Lydell from 1880 through 2025. Even 10 girls received the name Lydell - about 1 girl for every 191 boys.
What Does the Name Lydell Mean?
Lydell is an English surname that is also used as a given name, mainly in the United States. Its etymology is not firmly documented. It is frequently treated as a spelling variant of Liddell, a surname of the Scottish Borders that comes from Liddel Water in Roxburghshire. That place name is generally explained with Old English hlȳd, "loud, noisy," and dæl, "valley," describing a valley with a loud or rushing stream. If that connection is correct, the underlying sense would be something like "valley of the loud stream." Because Lydell is a distinct spelling and the two surnames are not always linked in records, this derivation remains uncertain, and some users of the name may intend no connection to Liddell at all.
Lydell Name History & Origins
Lydell belongs to the broad group of English family names that were later adopted as first names in the United States. Surname-derived given names became common in America from the eighteenth century onward, at first often passing a mother's maiden name to a child as a first or middle name, and later being chosen simply as first names. Lydell follows that pattern: it is documented as a surname, and its use as a first name is an American development.
The related surname Liddell is associated with the Scottish Borders and with the Liddel Water, and it also appears in northern England. Its best-known literary link is Alice Liddell, the child for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; that is a nineteenth-century association of the Liddell spelling, not evidence about the origin of Lydell itself.
How Popular is the Name Lydell?
Lydell recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1977. Its best rank was #959 in 1977.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | #4,595 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #5,147 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,170 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #8,068 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #13,413 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,440 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #7,923 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,309 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,017 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,570 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #6,217 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #5,691 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #6,170 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #6,901 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,113 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #11,706 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #5,345 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #4,064 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #4,686 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #5,674 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #6,485 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #4,797 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #9,743 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #4,207 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #3,415 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #3,627 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #4,607 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #3,597 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #3,949 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #4,168 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #3,168 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1995 | #4,426 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #3,417 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #2,913 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #2,891 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #2,794 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1990 | #2,747 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1989 | #3,046 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #1,836 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1987 | #1,778 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #1,901 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #1,582 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1984 | #1,594 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1983 | #1,774 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1982 | #1,920 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1981 | #1,534 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1980 | #1,484 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1979 | #1,173 | 60 | 0.0035% |
| 1978 | #979 | 78 | 0.0048% |
| 1977 | #959 | 80 | 0.0049% |
| 1976 | #1,080 | 61 | 0.0039% |
| 1975 | #1,314 | 44 | 0.0028% |
| 1974 | #1,537 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 1973 | #1,303 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 1972 | #1,465 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 1971 | #1,618 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1970 | #1,288 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1969 | #1,342 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1968 | #1,447 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1967 | #1,354 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1966 | #1,337 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1965 | #1,229 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1964 | #1,719 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1963 | #1,615 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1962 | #1,504 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1961 | #1,624 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1960 | #1,377 | 34 | 0.0016% |
| 1959 | #1,178 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 1958 | #1,438 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 1957 | #1,660 | 24 | 0.0011% |
| 1956 | #2,057 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #2,019 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1954 | #2,384 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #4,140 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,591 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1934 | #3,533 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1933 | #3,960 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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