Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lion” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lion” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lion” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lion” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lion” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lion” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lion” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lion” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 18 0.000004856 18 -100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 -100%
2016 18 0.000004906 18 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 -100%
2019 32 0.000009219 32 -100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 -100%
2021 24 0.000007084 24 -100%
2022 42 0.000012415 42 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 31 0.000009314 31 -100%

Explore other names

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  10. Lionel
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