NameTides

Lion

Lion was the #3,181 boys' name in the US in 2025 (37 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Lion as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lion as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Lion as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,181 (37)#5,137 (3)—
2024#3,605 (31)#2,672 (8)—
2023#3,005 (41)#2,814 (7)—
2022#2,919 (43)#3,049 (6)—
2021#4,247 (24)#4,789 (3)—
2020#4,275 (23)#4,608 (3)—
2019#3,496 (32)#3,411 (5)—
2018#3,793 (28)#2,693 (7)#2,740 (5)
2017#3,678 (29)#2,734 (7)—
2016#5,124 (18)——
2015#4,179 (24)——
2014#5,066 (18)——
2013#6,241 (13)——
2012#8,864 (8)——
2011#8,767 (8)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,919.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1922.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lion is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 42,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 69,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lion by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Lion (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LionCanadaBoys—too few
LionEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
LionNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LionUSBoys#3,18137