Girls' name · since 1986
Lionela
17 babies named Lionela in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lionela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lionela has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2003.
- #47,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lionela ranks #47,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #47,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lionela's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lionela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lionela's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lionela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2003
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Lionela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Lionela's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Lionela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Lionela's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lionela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lionela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.