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Baby name
Lionel
Boy
Origin of the name
Lionel is a medieval pet form of Leon, from the Latin leo, “lion.” Lionel is a knight of the Round Table in the legends of King Arthur.
Rising name
33,789births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 495rank at its peak, in 2023
Where babies named Lionel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lionel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lionel is most common in Louisiana (8.9 times), Maine (5.6) and New Hampshire (4.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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