Lionell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LY-on-el
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Lionell is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Lionell mean?
Latin: spelling of Lionel; French diminutive of Léon
“little lion”
A French pet form of Léon; Sir Lionel was a Knight of the Round Table and cousin of Lancelot.
Meaning borrowed from Lionel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lionell a girl's or a boy's name?
Lionell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lionell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Lionell, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1960, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Lionell than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Lionell in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 426 boys in the US were given Lionell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #622, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Lionel 419
- Lionell 7
Lionell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
Names like Lionell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Patrick, Michael, Anthony, Timothy, Daniel, Larry, Mark, Russell, David, Gregory, Tony, Paul
Other spellings of Lionell
Names related to Lionell
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lionell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lionell, updated 20 October 2026.