Lionel
Lionel is ranked 561st among boys in 2024 (528 births). Its best rank was 295th, in 1933–1934.
- Rank in 2024
- #561down 65 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5280.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023607 births
- Best rank
- #295first in 1933
- Since 1880
- 33,366people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,366 boys have been named Lionel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 607 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 11%. It has spent 131 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lionel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | |
| 1890s | 176 | |
| 1900s | 261 | |
| 1910s | 1,726 | |
| 1920s | 3,046 | |
| 1930s | 2,915 | |
| 1940s | 3,067 | |
| 1950s | 3,632 | |
| 1960s | 3,466 | |
| 1970s | 2,426 | |
| 1980s | 3,369 | |
| 1990s | 1,704 | |
| 2000s | 1,440 | |
| 2010s | 3,674 | |
| 2020s | 2,391 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Lionel was the 496th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Lionel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Clarkepeak 1947
- Malcolmpeak 1992
- Vancepeak 1969
- Calvinpeak 1924
- Vincentpeak 1962
- Thaddeuspeak 2016
- Conleypeak 2011
- Vaughnpeak 1949
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.