Clyda vs Clydia

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Clyda Clydia

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 72 years in which either name was published, Clyda for 51 years and Clydia for 21 years. The lead changed hands 21 times.

• 1880–1943 Clyda ahead, apart from 5 short spells
• 1947–1972 Clydia ahead, apart from 2 short spells

13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Clydas alive today are over 80; half the Clydias are over 77. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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