Lion Boy
How popular is Lion?
#3,180 boy name in 2025
37 baby boys were named Lion in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
Lion popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,180 for boys (▲ 423 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,177 in 2015, #4,271 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (43 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,917 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lion counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lian family of names ranked #367 for boys in 2025 (#415 the year before), with 894 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lion is most popular
Babies named Lion per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Lion by decade
Boy names about as popular as Lion
Questions
- Is Lion a boy or girl name?
- Lion is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lion were boys.
- How popular is the name Lion?
- 37 baby boys were named Lion in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
- When was Lion most popular?
- Lion peaked in 2022, when 43 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,917 in 2022.
- How many people are named Lion?
- 448 babies have been named Lion in the US since 1880. We estimate about 439 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Lion most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lion was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.