Lion — #3610 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lion

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Lion between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lion currently holds the #3610 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lion performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lion shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lion in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lion in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 410 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.