Lionel
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About Lionel
The name Lionel is currently ranked #659 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #295 in 1934. The name is most popular in LIONEL, LIONEL, and LIONEL. Lionel is occasionally used for girls in 1986.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #663 | 388 | 202 |
| 2015 | #645 | 405 | 211.3 |
| 2016 | #583 | 475 | 250.3 |
| 2017 | #596 | 458 | 247.4 |
| 2018 | #634 | 418 | 230.2 |
| 2019 | #631 | 428 | 238.5 |
| 2020 | #661 | 398 | 230.6 |
| 2021 | #662 | 410 | 234.4 |
| 2022 | #626 | 448 | 256.6 |
| 2023 | #496 | 607 | 354.9 |
| 2024 | #561 | 528 | 306.5 |
| 2025 | #659 | 419 | 245.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Lionels
- Lionel Brockman Richie
American R&B singer,songwriter
- Lionel Leo Hampton
American jazz musician
- Lionel Dotson
American football player
- Lionel Andrés Messi (Cuccittini)
Argentine footballer
- Lionel Herbert Barrymore
American actor
- Lionel Jospin
Prime Minister of France
- Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet
English cricketer
- Lionel Eugene Hollins
American basketball player
- Lionel Bart
British composer
- Lionel George Logue
Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI; portrayed in movie "The King's Speech"
- Lionel Edmund Rose
Australian boxer
- Lionel of Antwerp
1st Duke of Clarence, son of King Edward III of England
- Lionel Charles Jeffries
English actor
- Lionel Blair (born Henry Lionel Ogus)
British actor and dancer
- Lionel Frost Bowen
6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
- Lionel Jay Stander
American actor
- Lionel James "L
Train" Simmons, American basketball player
- Lionel Thomas Taylor
American NFl football player
- Lionel Allen Sheldon
U.S. Congressman and governor of New Mexico Territory
Lionel in pop culture
- Sir Lionel
knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
- Lionel Hutz
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Lionel Lockridge
character on American soap "Santa Barbara"
- Lionel Skeggins
character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
- "The Story of Lionel and Arabella
" English fictional work of 1756
- Lionel Luthor
character on TV's "Smallville"
- Lionel Jefferson
character on TV's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
- Professor Lionel Stokesay
fictional archaeologist in "Anglo,Saxon Attitudes" (1956) by Angus Wilson
- Lionel Fusco
character on TV's "Person of Interest"
- Lionel Dresden
character in film "Because I Said So"
- Lionel Vickars
main character in G. A. Henty's "By England's Aid"
- Lionel Bishop
character in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom
- Lionel
lion character in Disney's "Dumbo's Circus"
- Lionel
brand of toy trains
- Lionel
Warhammer
Variations & nicknames
- LyonellFrench
- LeonelloFrench
- LeonilaFrench
- LinnellioFrench
- LionelloFrench
- LionelluFrench
- LionnelFrench
- LyonellFrench
- LeonelSpanish
