Lady is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Lady is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,029 for girl births in the United States (and #10,490 across all names), given to 20 babies. Lady first appears in 1884 and peaked in 2016 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #6,029 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #6,540 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #5,866 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | #5,737 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #6,861 |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | #5,761 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | #4,845 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | #4,625 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,458 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #9,854 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #7,503 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #7,647 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,635 |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | #5,522 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | #7,538 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,768 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | #6,706 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,495 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | #6,419 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | #5,305 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,760 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #8,577 |
| 2001 | 10 | 16 | #9,769 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,359 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,351 |
| 1998 | 11 | 22 | #8,311 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,529 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #6,573 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #7,306 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #7,373 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #6,863 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #6,168 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,807 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,605 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #9,207 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #8,061 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #9,313 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #7,431 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #5,850 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #11,298 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #7,671 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #5,371 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,735 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,088 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,657 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,367 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #3,978 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,319 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #6,195 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,167 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #4,251 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #3,864 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,656 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,284 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #4,952 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,458 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #4,676 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,644 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #3,983 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,608 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,398 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #4,708 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,810 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #4,161 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #3,831 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,144 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,315 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #4,963 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,467 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,091 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #3,675 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #3,386 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,839 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,758 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,251 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,834 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #2,433 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,528 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,853 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #3,162 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,908 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,600 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,063 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,840 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,910 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #1,517 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,917 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,880 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,366 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,336 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #2,082 |
| 1931 | 24 | — | #1,572 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,954 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #1,859 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | #1,708 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #1,982 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | #1,803 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | #1,721 |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,630 |
| 1923 | 22 | — | #1,869 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | #1,595 |
| 1921 | 28 | — | #1,597 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | #1,490 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,466 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | #1,726 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,488 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,560 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | #1,425 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | #1,322 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | #1,106 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,162 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,597 |
| 1910 | 14 | — | #1,242 |
| 1909 | 21 | — | #897 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | #1,236 |
| 1907 | 17 | — | #934 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | #987 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | #1,038 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #949 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | #1,103 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,266 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #941 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | #737 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #1,006 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #989 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | #1,213 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | #1,018 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #1,164 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,189 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,240 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #1,220 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,274 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #1,276 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | #742 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #1,087 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #975 |