# Lior (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lior/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my light” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,209 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 883 / 326 (27% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew לִיאוֹר (Lior, “my light”).

## What it means

Lior is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 11,150 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | 6,472 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,680 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,608 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,071 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,479 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,092 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,776 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,604 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,308 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,096 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,353 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,059 |
| 2012 | 27 | 3,850 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,917 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,745 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,038 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,942 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,734 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,922 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,029 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,007 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,362 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,740 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,306 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,410 |
| 2025 | 78 | 1,968 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Lior

- Lior Shamriz, German film director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.