Lyon Boy
How popular is Lyon?
#2,480 boy name in 2025
54 baby boys were named Lyon in the US in 2025, making it the 2480th most popular boy name.
Lyon popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,480 for boys (▼ 589 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 54 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,765 in 2015, #2,466 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (84 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,891 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| 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 |
Lyon 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 Lyon is most popular
Babies named Lyon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Lyon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1960s | 14 | #3,106 |
| 1970s | 44 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1990s | 47 | #5,834 |
| 2000s | 112 | #5,100 |
| 2010s | 372 | #2,227 |
| 2020s | 363 | #1,891 |
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Questions
- Is Lyon a boy or girl name?
- Lyon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lyon were boys.
- How popular is the name Lyon?
- 54 baby boys were named Lyon in the US in 2025, making it the 2480th most popular boy name.
- When was Lyon most popular?
- Lyon peaked in 2024, when 84 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,891 in 2024.
- How many people are named Lyon?
- 962 babies have been named Lyon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 947 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Lyon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyon was most common in California, at 0.1 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.