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How popular is “Lionel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lionel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lionel” 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 “Lionel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lionel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lionel” 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
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 14 0.00004645 14 -100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 -100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 -100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 -100%
1900 26 0.000057745 26 -100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 -100%
1902 19 0.00004913 19 -100%
1903 30 0.000078699 30 -100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 27 0.000063018 27 -100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 -100%
1908 30 0.000061394 30 -100%
1909 34 0.000066507 34 -100%
1910 33 0.000055865 33 -100%
1911 74 0.000114857 74 -100%
1912 119 0.000120438 119 -100%
1913 129 0.000113445 129 -100%
1914 168 0.000118615 168 -100%
1915 224 0.000122242 224 -100%
1916 205 0.000105975 205 -100%
1917 255 0.000127071 255 -100%
1918 266 0.000122518 266 -100%
1919 253 0.000119891 253 -100%
1920 272 0.000120213 272 -100%
1921 339 0.000145213 5 334 -97%
1922 302 0.000131926 302 -100%
1923 329 0.000142889 329 -100%
1924 325 0.000136462 325 -100%
1925 309 0.00013243 309 -100%
1926 294 0.000128054 294 -100%
1927 319 0.000137538 319 -100%
1928 297 0.000131361 297 -100%
1929 265 0.000120885 265 -100%
1930 281 0.000126389 281 -100%
1931 295 0.000140183 5 290 -97%
1932 311 0.000147303 311 -100%
1933 321 0.000160544 321 -100%
1934 336 0.000161786 336 -100%
1935 281 0.000134456 281 -100%
1936 291 0.000140067 291 -100%
1937 247 0.000115926 247 -100%
1938 280 0.000126549 280 -100%
1939 277 0.000125712 277 -100%
1940 260 0.000112912 260 -100%
1941 287 0.000117796 287 -100%
1942 274 0.0001003 274 -100%
1943 284 0.000100618 284 -100%
1944 303 0.000112636 303 -100%
1945 306 0.000115345 306 -100%
1946 329 0.000102964 329 -100%
1947 349 0.000096882 349 -100%
1948 339 0.000098189 339 -100%
1949 336 0.000096419 336 -100%
1950 363 0.000103615 363 -100%
1951 340 0.000092298 340 -100%
1952 340 0.000089521 340 -100%
1953 385 0.000099905 385 -100%
1954 359 0.000090185 359 -100%
1955 323 0.000080447 323 -100%
1956 410 0.000099441 410 -100%
1957 336 0.000079959 336 -100%
1958 367 0.000088778 5 362 -97%
1959 414 0.000099567 414 -100%
1960 467 0.000112427 467 -100%
1961 421 0.000101634 421 -100%
1962 404 0.000100115 404 -100%
1963 383 0.000096761 383 -100%
1964 368 0.00009466 368 -100%
1965 290 0.00007999 290 -100%
1966 292 0.000084013 292 -100%
1967 292 0.000086011 292 -100%
1968 266 0.000078735 266 -100%
1969 283 0.000081431 283 -100%
1970 239 0.000066269 239 -100%
1971 260 0.00007575 260 -100%
1972 215 0.000068406 215 -100%
1973 239 0.000079221 239 -100%
1974 212 0.000069737 212 -100%
1975 252 0.00008346 252 -100%
1976 266 0.000087664 266 -100%
1977 251 0.000079018 251 -100%
1978 249 0.000078453 249 -100%
1979 243 0.000073039 243 -100%
1980 304 0.000088256 304 -100%
1981 302 0.000087299 9 293 -94%
1982 354 0.000100913 354 -100%
1983 426 0.000123003 5 421 -98%
1984 448 0.000128413 5 443 -98%
1985 406 0.000113754 5 401 -98%
1986 332 0.000093335 5 327 -97%
1987 310 0.000085977 310 -100%
1988 251 0.000067929 251 -100%
1989 265 0.000068931 265 -100%
1990 231 0.000058444 231 -100%
1991 205 0.000052628 205 -100%
1992 191 0.000049723 191 -100%
1993 204 0.000054107 204 -100%
1994 160 0.000043038 160 -100%
1995 169 0.000046148 169 -100%
1996 130 0.000035644 130 -100%
1997 121 0.000033372 121 -100%
1998 157 0.000042684 157 -100%
1999 136 0.000036818 136 -100%
2000 148 0.000039154 148 -100%
2001 154 0.000041139 154 -100%
2002 122 0.000032635 122 -100%
2003 128 0.000033664 128 -100%
2004 122 0.000031929 122 -100%
2005 144 0.000037453 144 -100%
2006 137 0.000034629 137 -100%
2007 151 0.000037772 151 -100%
2008 161 0.00004096 161 -100%
2009 173 0.000045286 173 -100%
2010 228 0.000061693 228 -100%
2011 282 0.000077096 282 -100%
2012 275 0.000075191 275 -100%
2013 317 0.000086953 317 -100%
2014 388 0.000104684 388 -100%
2015 405 0.000109432 405 -100%
2016 475 0.000129474 475 -100%
2017 458 0.000128069 458 -100%
2018 418 0.000118889 418 -100%
2019 428 0.00012331 428 -100%
2020 398 0.000119141 398 -100%
2021 410 0.000121017 410 -100%
2022 448 0.000132422 448 -100%
2023 607 0.000183317 607 -100%
2024 528 0.00015863 528 -100%

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