Unisex name · since 1969
Lior
Lior has 883 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,556 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,965 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 883
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lior is the #1965 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 883 recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lior has been recorded 883 times among boys since 1969, currently ranked #1965 nationally and more common than 86% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #5,556 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,965 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 883 born since 1969
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lior ranks #5,556 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,965 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 883 born since 1969, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,556 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,965 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 883
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lior's 883 recorded births place it above 87.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lior compares
883 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lior's all-time total is 139% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lior | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 883 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lior's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lior's full recorded timeline at 2006, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 78 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lior popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Lior popularity over time - girls
326 total births recorded since 1990 (Lior as girls' name)
Lior by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (342 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Lior's strongest decade.
342 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lior births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 78
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
146 births
- 2010s
2010s
290 births
- 2020s
2020s
342 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 342 births (39% of all-time use).
How Lior compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Lior's total volume
Lior by state
Where Lior concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 211 | 23.9% |
| #2 | California | | 123 | 13.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.6% |
211 of 883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Liors (211 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lior: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Lior 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.