girls:
285 births since 1990
#5431 (5th percentile)
boys:
746 births since 1969
#3841 (16th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1969
#6708 (13th percentile)
The name Lior is the #6,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,031 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,841 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,431 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 285 births since 1990.
Lior first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Lior is available in 38 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (37 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lior has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.9% of babies named Lior were boys.
For boys, Lior reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #856) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lior is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #856 (6.0% percentile) with 33 births per million.
For girls, Lior reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #925) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lior is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #933 (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lior".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lior. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Lior is pronounced as LEE-or, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee-OR, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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