Lior
Masculine · “my light”
Lior is given to both — 883 boys and 326 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Lior is my light in Hebrew — li, to me, and or, light — a modern Israeli name built from two of the plainest words in the language.
How old is the name Lior?
Lior first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Lior is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Lior are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lior most popular?
Lior peaked in 2025, reaching #1959 nationally. Today it ranks #1959, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From li or to Lior
The story of Lior
Or, light, is the first thing created in Genesis, and modern Israeli naming has built a whole family on it — Lior, Liora, Ori, Orit, Ornit. Lior is used for both sexes in Israel. Israeli emigration brought it to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaning
my light
From the Hebrew li, 'to me', and or, 'light' — so 'light is mine' or 'my light'. Both are ordinary modern and biblical Hebrew words, and the compound is transparent. It belongs to the wave of Israeli names built from vocabulary rather than from biblical people.
How the name formed
- li or
- Lior
Related forms: ליאור · Liora · Leor
Pronouncing Lior
lee-OR
Two syllables, stress on the second. Hebrew says it the same way.
Nicknames for Lior
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 202578 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1959reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +34.5%78 in 2025, from 58
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lior in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ליאור in Hebrew — transliteration
- Liora in Hebrew — related form
- Leor in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Florida.
Liors among us
people named Lior are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,898 born in 2025 was named Lior
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jafet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lior's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jafet climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jafet's path sketches the road Lior is walking now.
Lior is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lior is headed
Lior looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lior beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lior in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The my-light meaning is transparent, undisputed and unusually direct.
- Ori is available as a short form that is a complete Hebrew name.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is thoroughly unisex in Israeli use.
- Leor is an equally established transliteration.
- It reads as specifically Israeli.
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Frequently asked
- How many Liors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Lior are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lior in 2025?
- Lior ranks #1959 among US boy names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lior?
- About 1 in every 21,898 US boys born in 2025 was named Lior — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lior with classmates?
- Lior will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lior
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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