Lydell vs Lydon
American parents have registered 1,921 Lydells since 1880, against 244 Lydons. Lydell is still ahead, with 5 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lydell Lydon
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 78 years in which either name was published, Lydell for 76 years and Lydon for 2 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Lydell | Lydon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,921 | 244 |
| Most in one year | 80 | 14 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,700 | 240 |
| Median age today | 44 | 18 |
| Peak year | 1977 | 1964 |
| Best rank | 954th boys | 2,205th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1928 | 1964 |
| Girls / boys | 10 / 1,911 | 0 / 244 |
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 Lydells alive today are over 44; half the Lydons are over 18. That is 26 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lydell and Lydon.