Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Lionel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lionel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

607

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

13%

2024

528

All-time

33,366

Lionel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 607 boys were named Lionel.

In 2024, only 528 boys were given the name.

Down 13% from its peak.

All told, about 33,366 Americans have been named Lionel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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