Lionel
#631 most common boys' name of all time · #1,409 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#631
Rank overall
#1,409 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
33,833
Since 2016
4,594
Peak year
2023 #495
Best rank
#295 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 609/yr
Lionel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 419 | 419 | #659 |
| 2024 | — | 529 | 529 | #562 |
| 2023 | — | 609 | 609 | #495 |
| 2022 | — | 450 | 450 | #622 |
| 2021 | — | 410 | 410 | #660 |
| 2020 | — | 398 | 398 | #659 |
| 2019 | — | 428 | 428 | #631 |
| 2018 | — | 418 | 418 | #634 |
| 2017 | — | 458 | 458 | #596 |
| 2016 | — | 475 | 475 | #583 |
| 2015 | — | 405 | 405 | #645 |
| 2014 | — | 388 | 388 | #662 |
| 2013 | — | 317 | 317 | #738 |
| 2012 | — | 275 | 275 | #807 |
| 2011 | — | 282 | 282 | #791 |
| 2010 | — | 228 | 228 | #899 |
| 2009 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,074 |
| 2008 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,133 |
| 2007 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,173 |
| 2006 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,224 |
| 2005 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,132 |
| 2004 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,236 |
| 2003 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,168 |
| 2002 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,160 |
| 2001 | — | 154 | 154 | #993 |
| 2000 | — | 148 | 148 | #998 |
| 1999 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,020 |
| 1998 | — | 157 | 157 | #913 |
| 1997 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | — | 130 | 130 | #974 |
| 1995 | — | 169 | 169 | #825 |
| 1994 | — | 160 | 160 | #848 |
| 1993 | — | 204 | 204 | #728 |
| 1992 | — | 191 | 191 | #746 |
| 1991 | — | 205 | 205 | #708 |
| 1990 | — | 231 | 231 | #666 |
| 1989 | — | 265 | 265 | #603 |
| 1988 | — | 251 | 251 | #584 |
| 1987 | — | 310 | 310 | #509 |
| 1986 | 5 | 327 | 332 | #484 |
| 1985 | 5 | 401 | 406 | #428 |
| 1984 | 5 | 443 | 448 | #387 |
| 1983 | 5 | 420 | 425 | #396 |
| 1982 | — | 354 | 354 | #455 |
| 1981 | 9 | 293 | 302 | #489 |
| 1980 | — | 304 | 304 | #483 |
| 1979 | — | 243 | 243 | #549 |
| 1978 | — | 249 | 249 | #521 |
| 1977 | — | 251 | 251 | #528 |
| 1976 | — | 266 | 266 | #486 |
| 1975 | — | 252 | 252 | #503 |
| 1974 | — | 212 | 212 | #553 |
| 1973 | — | 239 | 239 | #505 |
| 1972 | — | 215 | 215 | #542 |
| 1971 | — | 260 | 260 | #504 |
| 1970 | — | 239 | 239 | #522 |
| 1969 | — | 283 | 283 | #455 |
| 1968 | — | 266 | 266 | #466 |
| 1967 | — | 292 | 292 | #441 |
| 1966 | — | 292 | 292 | #449 |
| 1965 | — | 290 | 290 | #455 |
| 1964 | — | 368 | 368 | #422 |
| 1963 | — | 382 | 382 | #412 |
| 1962 | — | 405 | 405 | #402 |
| 1961 | — | 420 | 420 | #389 |
| 1960 | — | 468 | 468 | #364 |
| 1959 | — | 416 | 416 | #388 |
| 1958 | 5 | 360 | 365 | #413 |
| 1957 | — | 336 | 336 | #425 |
| 1956 | — | 410 | 410 | #365 |
| 1955 | — | 323 | 323 | #408 |
| 1954 | — | 359 | 359 | #372 |
| 1953 | — | 385 | 385 | #354 |
| 1952 | — | 340 | 340 | #368 |
| 1951 | — | 340 | 340 | #371 |
| 1950 | — | 363 | 363 | #355 |
| 1949 | — | 336 | 336 | #370 |
| 1948 | — | 339 | 339 | #368 |
| 1947 | — | 349 | 349 | #371 |
| 1946 | — | 329 | 329 | #360 |
| 1945 | — | 306 | 306 | #345 |
| 1944 | — | 303 | 303 | #343 |
| 1943 | — | 284 | 284 | #364 |
| 1942 | — | 274 | 274 | #367 |
| 1941 | — | 287 | 287 | #341 |
| 1940 | — | 260 | 260 | #352 |
| 1939 | — | 277 | 277 | #333 |
| 1938 | — | 280 | 280 | #333 |
| 1937 | — | 247 | 247 | #345 |
| 1936 | — | 291 | 291 | #315 |
| 1935 | — | 281 | 281 | #325 |
| 1934 | — | 336 | 336 | #296 |
| 1933 | — | 321 | 321 | #295 |
| 1932 | — | 311 | 311 | #310 |
| 1931 | 5 | 290 | 295 | #322 |
| 1930 | — | 281 | 281 | #331 |
| 1929 | — | 265 | 265 | #344 |
| 1928 | — | 297 | 297 | #327 |
| 1927 | — | 319 | 319 | #322 |
| 1926 | — | 294 | 294 | #339 |
| 1925 | — | 309 | 309 | #328 |
| 1924 | — | 325 | 325 | #322 |
| 1923 | — | 329 | 329 | #320 |
| 1922 | — | 302 | 302 | #338 |
| 1921 | 5 | 334 | 339 | #319 |
| 1920 | — | 272 | 272 | #362 |
| 1919 | — | 253 | 253 | #363 |
| 1918 | — | 266 | 266 | #356 |
| 1917 | — | 255 | 255 | #351 |
| 1916 | — | 205 | 205 | #386 |
| 1915 | — | 224 | 224 | #359 |
| 1914 | — | 168 | 168 | #366 |
| 1913 | — | 129 | 129 | #369 |
| 1912 | — | 119 | 119 | #348 |
| 1911 | — | 74 | 74 | #320 |
| 1910 | — | 33 | 33 | #489 |
| 1909 | — | 34 | 34 | #434 |
| 1908 | — | 30 | 30 | #445 |
| 1907 | — | 30 | 30 | #426 |
| 1906 | — | 27 | 27 | #429 |
| 1905 | — | 25 | 25 | #448 |
| 1904 | — | 20 | 20 | #488 |
| 1903 | — | 30 | 30 | #355 |
| 1902 | — | 19 | 19 | #503 |
| 1901 | — | 20 | 20 | #431 |
| 1900 | — | 26 | 26 | #453 |
| 1899 | — | 18 | 18 | #455 |
| 1898 | — | 21 | 21 | #448 |
| 1897 | — | 19 | 19 | #454 |
| 1896 | — | 20 | 20 | #458 |
| 1895 | — | 19 | 19 | #472 |
| 1894 | — | 20 | 20 | #436 |
| 1893 | — | 19 | 19 | #432 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #766 |
| 1891 | — | 17 | 17 | #437 |
| 1890 | — | 14 | 14 | #528 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #697 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #728 |
| 1887 | — | 13 | 13 | #511 |
| 1886 | — | 11 | 11 | #597 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #977 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #886 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #749 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #971 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #718 |