Lionel

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Lionel first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 607 babies (rank #496 that year). In 2024 it was given to 528 boys (rank #561). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
33,410
Total babies (all years)
144
Years in the data
607
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18808#718
18825#1,029
18837#770
18846#925
18855#1,028
188611#588
188713#503
18889#733
18899#703
189014#523
189117#438
18929#776
189319#425
189420#431
189519#466
189620#453
189719#448
189821#446
189918#447
190026#451
190120#431
190219#498
190330#355
190420#484
190525#443
190627#428
190730#425
190830#445
190934#430
191033#489
191174#315
1912119#346
1913129#368
1914168#365
1915224#359
1916205#385
1917255#350
1918266#356
1919253#362
1920272#363
1921334#319
1922302#338
1923329#320
1924325#322
1925309#328
1926294#339
1927319#322
1928297#326
1929265#344
1930281#330
1931290#321
1932311#310
1933321#295
1934336#295
1935281#325
1936291#315
1937247#345
1938280#333
1939277#334
1940260#352
1941287#342
1942274#367
1943284#364
1944303#344
1945306#345
1946329#360
1947349#371
1948339#368
1949336#370
1950363#355
1951340#371
1952340#366
1953385#354
1954359#372
1955323#408
1956410#365
1957336#425
1958362#412
1959414#389
1960467#365
1961421#389
1962404#402
1963383#412
1964368#421
1965290#455
1966292#449
1967292#442
1968266#466
1969283#455
1970239#522
1971260#504
1972215#542
1973239#505
1974212#553
1975252#504
1976266#487
1977251#529
1978249#521
1979243#550
1980304#483
1981293#488
1982354#455
1983421#395
1984443#387
1985401#428
1986327#485
1987310#509
1988251#585
1989265#602
1990231#665
1991205#709
1992191#747
1993204#729
1994160#848
1995169#824
1996130#975
1997121#1,054
1998157#915
1999136#1,023
2000148#1,002
2001154#993
2002122#1,164
2003128#1,170
2004122#1,241
2005144#1,135
2006137#1,226
2007151#1,174
2008161#1,134
2009173#1,075
2010228#899
2011282#791
2012275#809
2013317#739
2014388#663
2015405#645
2016475#583
2017458#596
2018418#634
2019428#631
2020398#661
2021410#662
2022448#626
2023607#496
2024528#561