How Many People Are Named Lyon?
people named Lyon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 361,677 people in the US has this name
Based on 962 babies named Lyon in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lyon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyon alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyon first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 2024, to 84 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,898, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #2,502.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,502 |
| Best rank | #1,898 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,080 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyon were born in California than in any other state: about 145 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyon was given 4 times as often in California and 2.9 times in Florida.
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