Lionel Popularity by Year
Follow Lionel across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Lionel 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 | 419 | #659 | Down 97 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 529 | #562 | Down 67 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 609 | #495 | Up 125 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 450 | #620 | Up 40 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 410 | #660 | Down 1 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 398 | #659 | Down 28 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 428 | #631 | Up 3 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 418 | #634 | Down 38 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 458 | #596 | Down 13 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 475 | #583 | Up 62 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 405 | #645 | Up 17 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 388 | #662 | Up 76 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 317 | #738 | Up 69 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 275 | #807 | Down 16 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 282 | #791 | Up 108 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 228 | #899 | Up 175 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 173 | #1,074 | Up 59 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 161 | #1,133 | Up 38 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 151 | #1,171 | Up 53 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 137 | #1,224 | Down 92 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 144 | #1,132 | Up 103 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 122 | #1,235 | Down 68 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 128 | #1,167 | Down 7 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 122 | #1,160 | Down 168 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 154 | #992 | Up 6 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 148 | #998 | Up 21 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 136 | #1,019 | Down 106 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 157 | #913 | Up 138 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 121 | #1,051 | Down 77 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 130 | #974 | Down 150 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 169 | #824 | Up 23 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 160 | #847 | Down 120 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 204 | #727 | Up 19 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 191 | #746 | Down 38 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 205 | #708 | Down 43 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 231 | #665 | Down 63 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 265 | #602 | Down 18 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 251 | #584 | Down 76 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 310 | #508 | Down 24 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 327 | #484 | Down 56 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | Down 235 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 401 | #428 | Down 41 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 5 | #10,677 | Down 255 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 443 | #387 | Up 8 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 5 | #10,422 | Down 147 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 420 | #395 | Up 60 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 5 | #10,275 | Down 3,471 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 354 | #455 | Up 32 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 293 | #487 | Down 4 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 9 | #6,804 | Down 701 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 304 | #483 | Up 65 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 243 | #548 | Down 27 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 249 | #521 | Up 7 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 251 | #528 | Down 42 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 266 | #486 | Up 17 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 252 | #503 | Up 50 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 212 | #553 | Down 48 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 239 | #505 | Up 37 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 215 | #542 | Down 38 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 260 | #504 | Up 18 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 239 | #522 | Down 67 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 283 | #455 | Up 11 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 266 | #466 | Down 25 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 292 | #441 | Up 8 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 292 | #449 | Up 6 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 290 | #455 | Down 34 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 368 | #421 | Down 9 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 382 | #412 | Down 10 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 405 | #402 | Down 13 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 420 | #389 | Down 25 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 468 | #364 | Up 24 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 416 | #388 | Up 24 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 360 | #412 | Up 13 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 5 | #6,103 | Down 1,772 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 336 | #425 | Down 60 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 410 | #365 | Up 42 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 323 | #407 | Down 35 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 359 | #372 | Down 18 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 385 | #354 | Up 12 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 340 | #366 | Up 4 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 340 | #370 | Down 15 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 363 | #355 | Up 15 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 336 | #370 | Down 2 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 339 | #368 | Up 2 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 349 | #370 | Down 10 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 329 | #360 | Down 15 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 306 | #345 | Down 2 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 303 | #343 | Up 21 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 284 | #364 | Up 2 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 274 | #366 | Down 25 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 287 | #341 | Up 11 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 260 | #352 | Down 20 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 277 | #332 | Up 1 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 280 | #333 | Up 12 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 247 | #345 | Down 31 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 291 | #314 | Up 11 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 281 | #325 | Down 30 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 336 | #295 | No rank change |
| 1933 | Boys | 321 | #295 | Up 15 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 311 | #310 | Up 11 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 290 | #321 | Up 9 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 5 | #4,331 | Up 768 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 281 | #330 | Up 14 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 265 | #344 | Down 18 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 297 | #326 | Down 4 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 319 | #322 | Up 16 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 294 | #338 | Down 11 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 309 | #327 | Down 5 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 325 | #322 | Down 3 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 329 | #319 | Up 19 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 302 | #338 | Down 20 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 334 | #318 | Up 44 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 5 | #5,099 | — |
| 1920 | Boys | 272 | #362 | No rank change |
| 1919 | Boys | 253 | #362 | Down 6 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 266 | #356 | Down 6 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 255 | #350 | Up 35 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 205 | #385 | Down 26 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 224 | #359 | Up 6 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 168 | #365 | Up 2 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 129 | #367 | Down 21 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 119 | #346 | Down 32 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 74 | #314 | Up 166 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 33 | #480 | Down 52 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 34 | #428 | Up 10 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 30 | #438 | Down 21 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 30 | #417 | Up 7 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 27 | #424 | Up 6 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 25 | #430 | Up 52 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 20 | #482 | Down 129 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 30 | #353 | Up 137 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 19 | #490 | Down 68 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 20 | #422 | Up 24 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 26 | #446 | Down 8 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 18 | #438 | Down 3 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 21 | #435 | Up 3 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 19 | #438 | No rank change |
| 1896 | Boys | 20 | #438 | Up 18 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 19 | #456 | Down 37 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 20 | #419 | No rank change |
| 1893 | Boys | 19 | #419 | Up 329 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 9 | #748 | Down 321 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 17 | #427 | Up 84 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 14 | #511 | Up 162 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 9 | #673 | Up 31 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 9 | #704 | Down 216 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 13 | #488 | Up 90 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 11 | #578 | Up 358 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 5 | #936 | Down 88 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 6 | #848 | Down 128 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 7 | #720 | Up 223 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | Down 261 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 8 | #682 | — |