Lyon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lyon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lyon: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,869 in 2019, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1869highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2004	#1878
2005	#2418
2006	#2538
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2012	#2721
2013	#3315
2014	#4632
2015	#3004
2016	#3079
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2019	#1869
2020	#2404
2021	#2125
2022	#3048
2023	#4991
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2097 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1869 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lyon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lyon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	40	8 of 10	5
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lyon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1869 in England and Wales in 2019.

Lyon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,869, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Markos · #1869, 20y
Arifah · #1870, 22y
Ashna · #1870, 25y
Kawthar · #1870, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kamali · #1869, 18y
Markos · #1869, 20y
Arifah · #1870, 22y
Ashna · #1870, 25y

Lyon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lyon without appearing here.

Lyon moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Lyon

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1190.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1425.

Moved the same way as Lyon

Garry Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyon went from #2097 to #4991 and Garry from #750 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyon went from #2097 to #4991 and Graeme from #1281 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyon went from #2097 to #3048 and Brent from #1027 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyon went from #2097 to #3048 and Ole from #1383 to #4789.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1869 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lyon

Lyon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lyon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lyon appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lyon and the names beside it

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Lyon at a glance

Lyon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lyon and the names beside it

Lyon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lyon

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