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Baby name
Lydia
Girl
Origin of the name
Lydia comes from the Greek, “woman from Lydia,” a region of Asia Minor. In the Acts of the Apostles, Lydia is a seller of purple cloth converted by Saint Paul.
Classic name
187,039births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 84rank at its peak, in 2014
Where babies named Lydia are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lydia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lydia is most common in Utah (1.8 times), Alaska (1.7) and New Mexico (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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