Lionel
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning little lion.
How Lionel has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #645 |
| 2016 | #583 |
| 2017 | #595 |
| 2018 | #636 |
| 2019 | #630 |
| 2020 | #660 |
| 2021 | #662 |
| 2022 | #619 |
| 2023 | #494 |
| 2024 | #561 |
| 2025 | #659 |
Lionel by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Lionel. In the US, 456 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 475 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1925, about 1 in 3,700 American boys born that year was called Lionel.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lionel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lionel, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lionel
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