Lio
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lio
This alternative and modern spelling of Leo is popular with German- and Dutch-speaking parents and features in the charts in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. While it's less popular in English-speaking coutntries, there has been a quiet but not insubstantial increase in the number of boys given the name. 2024 saw it given to 44 babies in the US, compared to just 20 a few years earlier.
Lio for boys#3910 US
Lio could also work as a short form for names such as Aurelio, Lionel, and Emilio.
Lio for girls
Like its counterpart Leo, this modern spelling variant is predominantly used for boys, however, it recently joined the rankings for girls in the UK, when it was given 4 babies. The same year, it also made the Top 200 in Belgium and not for the first time, having ranked sporadically throughout the 2010s.
Pronounced LEE-oh.
As of October 2026, Lio ranked #3910 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2891 in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,799 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,287 | 24 | 13 |
| 2018 | #4,552 | 22 | 12.1 |
| 2019 | #4,186 | 25 | 13.9 |
| 2020 | #4,797 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | #4,712 | 21 | 12 |
| 2022 | #3,946 | 28 | 16 |
| 2023 | #3,261 | 37 | 21.6 |
| 2024 | #2,891 | 44 | 25.5 |
| 2025 | #3,910 | 28 | 16.4 |
World rankings
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