Lionell
Lionell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196036 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,606people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,606 boys have been named Lionell in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 36 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1950s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lionell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 60 | |
| 1930s | 84 | |
| 1940s | 173 | |
| 1950s | 286 | |
| 1960s | 249 | |
| 1970s | 199 | |
| 1980s | 248 | |
| 1990s | 114 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 74 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Lionell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Lionell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raynaldopeak 1961
- Geromepeak 1964
- Jeronepeak 1980
- Carnellpeak 1958
- Phillippeak 1960
- Davidpeak 1955
- Frankiepeak 1959
- Terrencepeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.