The name Lionel is of Old French origin, and means young lion.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lionel has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lionel
Use of the Name Lionel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
25,860
12,829
5,107
757
301
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lionel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lionel last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 2001, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lionel
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
718
8
1881
1882
1883
770
7
1884
925
6
1885
1886
588
11
1887
502
13
1888
733
9
1889
703
9
1890
523
14
1891
438
17
1892
776
9
1893
425
19
1894
431
20
1895
466
19
1896
454
20
1897
448
19
1898
446
21
1899
446
18
1900
451
26
1901
432
20
1902
499
19
1903
355
30
1904
483
20
1905
443
25
1906
427
27
1907
425
30
1908
445
30
1909
429
34
1910
487
33
1911
313
74
1912
346
119
1913
368
128
1914
364
169
1915
359
225
1916
385
205
1917
352
254
1918
358
266
1919
362
256
1920
366
269
1921
320
332
1922
339
302
1923
321
331
1924
322
324
1925
327
309
1926
339
293
1927
322
318
1928
321
301
1929
347
263
1930
329
283
1931
321
289
1932
310
309
1933
295
320
1934
297
335
1935
325
282
1936
314
291
1937
345
247
1938
334
281
1939
332
280
1940
353
259
1941
344
282
1942
367
274
1943
363
286
1944
344
299
1945
345
306
1946
360
324
1947
372
348
1948
366
342
1949
370
337
1950
355
364
1951
372
336
1952
372
335
1953
349
394
1954
373
357
1955
406
323
1956
366
409
1957
426
329
1958
412
361
1959
388
415
1960
366
463
1961
389
419
1962
402
407
1963
412
382
1964
420
370
1965
455
290
1966
449
293
1967
443
291
1968
465
266
1969
457
281
1970
523
239
1971
504
260
1972
542
215
1973
505
238
1974
553
211
1975
505
251
1976
486
266
1977
530
251
1978
520
248
1979
547
244
1980
484
302
1981
492
290
1982
455
353
1983
396
419
1984
387
442
1985
427
403
1986
486
326
1987
509
309
1988
589
249
1989
598
268
1990
667
230
1991
710
204
1992
748
191
1993
726
204
1994
846
160
1995
823
169
1996
972
130
1997
1998
915
157
1999
2000
996
148
2001
994
153
Totals:
25,860
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lionel as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Lionel appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 117 times during the last 125 years.