Lion Popularity by Year
Follow Lion across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Lion birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 37 | #3,181 | Up 424 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 31 | #3,605 | Down 600 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 41 | #3,005 | Down 86 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 43 | #2,919 | Up 1,328 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 24 | #4,247 | Up 28 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 23 | #4,275 | Down 779 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 32 | #3,496 | Up 297 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 28 | #3,793 | Down 115 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 29 | #3,678 | Up 1,446 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 18 | #5,124 | Down 945 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 24 | #4,179 | Up 887 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 18 | #5,066 | Up 1,175 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 13 | #6,241 | Up 2,623 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 8 | #8,864 | Down 97 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 8 | #8,767 | Down 1,176 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 10 | #7,591 | Up 4,900 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Down 6,421 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 14 | #6,070 | Up 6,297 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 5 | #12,367 | Down 4,068 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Up 1,613 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 1,044 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,900 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 670 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 3,766 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | — |