Lior
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lee-OR
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,959 for boys
Lior is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “I have light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,959th for boys in the US (78 babies).
What does Lior mean?
Hebrew
“I have light”
A modern Hebrew name formed from li, 'to me', and or, 'light'; in Israel it is given to both boys and girls.
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Is Lior a girl's or a boy's name?
Lior is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 78 boys in the US.
How popular is Lior in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Lior, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Lior of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Lior in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Lior in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Lior in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,959among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were named Lior, making it the 1,959th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. It first appears in the records in 1969. 15 girls were also named Lior in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Lior of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Lior in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were given Lior or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,597, up from #1,959 for this spelling alone.
- Lior 78
- Leor 10
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Lior in the US were girls.
Lior in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,289 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Lior
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asher Levi Axel Noah Luca Hudson Ezra Enzo Archer Jonah Matteo Albie
Other spellings of Lior
Names related to Lior
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lior, updated 20 October 2026.