Boy or Girl

Is Lady a boy or girl name?

Lady is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 18 girls and 0 boys were named Lady, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,048 US babies named Lady were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#6,508
Babies named Lady since 1884
2,048
Most popular year
2016
48 babies
Babies named Lady each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Lady from 1884 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0153045601900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Lady, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s026100%
1890s086100%
1900s0152100%
1910s0221100%
1920s0248100%
1930s0173100%
1940s0118100%
1950s096100%
1960s098100%
1970s0102100%
1980s092100%
1990s0132100%
2000s0170100%
2010s0235100%
2020s099100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–18#6,508
20230–21#5,860
20220–22#5,734
20210–17#6,859
20200–21#5,756
20190–28#4,842
20180–30#4,621
20170–24#5,455
20160–48#3,356
20150–11#9,853
20140–16#7,502
20130–21#6,143
20120–16#7,646
20110–16#7,634
20100–25#5,522
20090–17#7,537
20080–14#8,768
20070–20#6,706
20060–20#6,495
20050–19#6,419
20040–24#5,303
20030–17#6,760
20020–12#8,577
20010–10#9,769
20000–17#6,358
19990–16#6,351
19980–11#8,311
19970–12#7,529
19960–14#6,573
19950–12#7,305
19940–12#7,372
19930–13#6,862
19920–15#6,167
19910–16#5,807
19900–11#7,604
19890–8#9,207
19880–9#8,061
19870–7#9,315
19860–9#7,431
19850–12#5,850
19840–5#11,298
19830–8#7,670
19820–13#5,372
19810–12#5,735
19800–9#7,088
19790–8#7,657
19780–12#5,366
19770–18#3,978
19760–9#6,319
19750–9#6,195
19740–11#5,166
19730–14#4,251
19720–0–
19710–16#3,863
19700–5#8,657
19690–7#6,283
19680–9#4,951
19670–10#4,459
19660–9#4,676
19650–13#3,643
19640–12#3,983
19630–7#5,607
19620–10#4,398
19610–9#4,708
19600–12#3,810
19590–10#4,161
19580–11#3,831
19570–7#5,144
19560–9#4,315
19550–7#4,963
19540–8#4,466
19530–9#4,092
19520–10#3,675
19510–11#3,385
19500–14#2,839
19490–9#3,757
19480–11#3,251
19470–14#2,834
19460–16#2,433
19450–8#3,528
19440–11#2,853
19430–10#3,162
19420–11#2,908
19410–12#2,600
19400–16#2,062
19390–19#1,840
19380–18#1,910
19370–25#1,517
19360–17#1,917
19350–18#1,880
19340–13#2,366
19330–13#2,336
19320–16#2,082
19310–24#1,572
19300–10#2,954
19290–20#1,859
19280–24#1,708
19270–20#1,982
19260–23#1,803
19250–25#1,721
19240–28#1,630
19230–22#1,869
19220–28#1,595
19210–28#1,597
19200–30#1,490
19190–29#1,466
19180–23#1,726
19170–26#1,488
19160–24#1,560
19150–26#1,425
19140–23#1,322
19130–25#1,106
19120–21#1,162
19110–10#1,597
19100–14#1,242
19090–21#897
19080–12#1,236
19070–17#934
19060–15#987
19050–14#1,038
19040–15#949
19030–11#1,103
19020–9#1,266
19010–13#941
19000–25#737
18990–11#1,006
18980–13#989
18970–8#1,213
18960–11#1,018
18950–9#1,164
18940–8#1,189
18930–7#1,240
18920–7#1,220
18910–6#1,274
18900–6#1,276
18890–13#742
18880–7#1,087
18870–0–
18860–0–
18850–0–
18840–6#975

Highest rank

Lady has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #737 in 1900. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Lady

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.