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Lyon

Boy's name · #2502 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Lyon reached its best rank, #1898, in 2024 and ranked #2502 in 2025. About 960 boys have carried it since 1947.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Lyon ranks in other countries and regions.

#471 in Sweden (2025) · #1,139 in Austria (2025) · #1,464 in Belgium (2025) · #1,559 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,067 in Canada (2024).

Famous Lyons

• Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair — British politician and chemist (1818–1898)
• Lyon Gardiner Tyler — American educator, son of US President John Tyler
• Lyon Farrell — American snowboarder
• Lyon Daniels — American actor
• Lyon Blease — British academic

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 28,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Sue Lyon — American actress (1946–2019)
• Mary F. Lyon — English geneticist (1925–2014)
• Nathaniel Lyon — First Union general to be killed in the American Civil War

In stories & tradition

• Lyon Hunter — As the World Turns (TV series)
• Lyon — Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (video game)

What Lyons become

Among 19 notable people named Lyon:

Entertainers appear 2.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lyon Daniels, American actor.

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