Lyon
Boy · LY-un · French
Lyon is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Lyon mean?
French: from the French city or the surname Lyon; also a spelling of Leon
Shares its spelling with the French city of Lyon and is often pronounced like the English word lion.
- Say it
- LY-un
Is Lyon a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Lyon, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lyon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Lyon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
How popular is Lyon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Lyon, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Lyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were given Lyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,211, up from #2,480 for this spelling alone.
Lyon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 84 | #1,891 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,116 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Lyon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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