Boys' name · since 1925
Lyonel
257 babies named Lyonel in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,497 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1925
- 2010s
- peak decade
257 babies have been named Lyonel since 1925, making it today's #12195 boys' name.
Lyonel has 257 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12195 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #11,497 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,195 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1925
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyonel ranks #11,497 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,195 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 257 born since 1925, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,497 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1925
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyonel's 257 recorded births place it above 74.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lyonel compares
257 42nd percentile among 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
Lyonel's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyonel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lyonel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lyonel's full recorded timeline at 1994, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lyonel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Lyonel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Lyonel's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Lyonel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Lyonel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- 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 Lyonel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Lyonel 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.