Lady

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning a woman of high social rank.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies

Lady by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Lady. In the US, 23 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lady. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lacyfrom Lacy, a Norman place name107 in the US (2017)
  • Ladagoddess of beauty and love in Slavic mythology7 in the US (2017)
  • Landy10 in the US (2017)
  • Lany3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Lady

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