NameTides

Lionel

Lionel was the #659 boys' name in the US in 2025 (419 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #239 in Canada.

Lionel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lionel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Lionel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#659 (419)#1,197 (24)—#239 (141)
2024#562 (529)#847 (38)—#271 (119)
2023#495 (609)#1,071 (27)—#217 (149)
2022#620 (450)#1,420 (18)#779 (3)#271 (118)
2021#660 (410)#1,595 (15)—#278 (125)
2020#659 (398)#1,111 (24)—#319 (100)
2019#631 (428)#1,083 (25)—#343 (93)
2018#634 (418)#1,132 (24)—#405 (73)
2017#596 (458)#2,172 (10)—#409 (74)
2016#583 (475)#1,570 (16)—#485 (59)
2015#645 (405)#1,046 (27)—#560 (48)
2014#662 (388)#1,327 (19)—#587 (46)
2013#738 (317)#1,339 (18)—#564 (47)
2012#807 (275)#1,507 (16)—#862 (26)
2011#791 (282)#2,194 (9)—#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #495.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 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 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lionel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lionel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #447ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #380CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #533TXFlorida: #887FL
Lionel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#58112
Ontario2024#54222

Lionel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LionelCanadaBoys#239141
LionelEngland & WalesBoys#1,19724
LionelIrelandBoys—too few
LionelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LionelUSGirls—too few
LionelUSBoys#659419