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How popular is the name Lio?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lios are alive today.
Lio (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Leo in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1595th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leo you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Leos born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 67,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Leo.
How many babies are named Lio each year?
Includes all spellings: Lio, Leo. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lio spelling rank?
Where does the Leo spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lio most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leo, peaked in 2017, when 3,795 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lio spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 16 babies.
How many people are called Lio?
At least 67,000 people named Lio in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lio?
Most living Lios are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 8.
Is Lio becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.