Boy
Lionel
Lionel is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1950s.
Old FrenchOld French, diminutive of "lion"
EtymologyMeaning "young lion"
Births by decade
1900s
261
1910s
1,726
1920s
3,051
1930s
2,921
1940s
3,067
1950s
3,636
1960s
3,467
1970s
2,429
1980s
3,396
1990s
1,703
2000s
1,440
2010s
2,826
Peaked in the 1950s · 29,923 total U.S. births since 1900