Lyon
#4,931 most common boys' name of all time · #12,168 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–2025
Rank among boys
#4,931
Rank overall
#12,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
962
Since 2016
562
Peak year
2024 #1,895
Best rank
#1,895 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Lyon first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,491 |
| 2024 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,518 |
| 2022 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,122 |
| 2021 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,598 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,485 |
| 2019 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,245 |
| 2018 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,426 |
| 2017 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,904 |
| 2016 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,853 |
| 2015 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,779 |
| 2014 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,638 |
| 2013 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,523 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,922 |
| 2011 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,031 |
| 2010 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,717 |
| 2009 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,143 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,857 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,354 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,469 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,103 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,366 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,638 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,111 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,396 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,180 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,948 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,240 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,042 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,029 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,749 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,252 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,344 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,819 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,659 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,810 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,414 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,343 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,204 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,243 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,273 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,254 |