Lionell
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,613since 1915
Lionell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lionell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,484 | 27 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,371 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Lionell! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lionell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lionell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lionell
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 2,635 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #9,714)
- 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1949 at #1,227 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,175
- Highest: 1 in 52,175 boys born in 1949 were named Lionell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 17.7% of all boys named Lionell (286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,513 |
| 1920s | 60 | #2,317 (1929) | #3,422 |
| 1930s | 84 | #1,992 (1937) | #2,759 |
| 1940s | 173 | #1,227 (1949) | #1,887 |
| 1950s | 286 | #1,268 (1952) | #1,440 |
| 1960s | 249 | #1,320 (1960) | #1,662 |
| 1970s | 199 | #1,612 (1973) | #2,256 |
| 1980s | 248 | #1,764 (1984) | #2,265 |
| 1990s | 114 | #2,989 (1991) | #5,325 |
| 2000s | 95 | #5,492 (2004) | #7,849 |
| 2010s | 74 | #7,026 (2013) | #8,850 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,714 (2025) | #11,032 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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