Alida
Feminine · “noble kind”
Alida is Adelaide with most of its letters gone. The Germanic Adalheid, noble kind, was shortened in Dutch and Hungarian to Alida, and it became a full name in both; it was widely given in the Netherlands for centuries and reached American records through Dutch settlement.
How old is the name Alida?
Alida was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Alida alive today was born around 1954, making them about 71 years old. About 2,700 people named Alida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alida most popular?
Alida peaked in 1880, reaching #403 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 4,584 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
Where it comes from
From Adalheid to Alida
The story of Alida
Adalheid belonged to a tenth-century empress who was canonized, and her cult spread the name across Germany, Italy and the Low Countries. Dutch shortened it to Alida and used it heavily from the seventeenth century onward, which is why it appears in the records of New Netherland and in Hudson Valley families long afterward. Hungary arrived at the same contraction independently. In American records it belongs mostly to Dutch and to nineteenth-century usage.
Meaning
noble kind; of noble sort
Germanic adal, noble, joined to heid, kind or sort, giving Adalheid. Dutch and Hungarian both contracted it, and Alida is the result. The same root gives Adelaide, Adela, Adele and Alice.
How the name formed
- Adalheid
- Adelheid
- Alida
Related forms: Alida · Alida · Adelheid · Adelaide · Alida
Pronouncing Alida
ah-LEE-dah
Three syllables, stress in the middle in Dutch and Italian. English speakers sometimes say uh-LY-duh with a long middle vowel, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Alida
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 194862 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #403reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- +4.0%26 in 2025, from 25
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alida in Dutch — same name
- Alida in Hungarian — same name
- Adelheid in German — related form
- Adelaide in English — related form
- Alida in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Utah.
Alidas among us
people named Alida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Alida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Alida sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Alida is headed
Alida should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Alida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It connects to one of the most productive name families in European history.
- Ali and Lida are ready short forms and both are complete names elsewhere.
- It has a documented Dutch-American record going back to the colonial period.
- Alida, Aleida and Alyda are all in use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- Two pronunciations circulate and the spelling settles neither.
- It is uncommon in the United States now and will be spelled out often.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alidas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Alida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alida in 2025?
- Alida ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alida?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Alida — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alida with classmates?
- Alida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Alida
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