Lema
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 380since 1890
Lema over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lema has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
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| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
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| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
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First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Lema! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lema is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lema in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lema
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1895 at #1,123 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,959
- Highest: 1 in 25,959 girls born in 1895 were named Lema (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 28.7% of all girls named Lema (109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 34 | #1,123 (1895) | #1,309 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,647 |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,656 (1911) | #2,278 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,264 (1923) | #3,134 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,972 (1931) | #3,483 |
| 1940s | 17 | #3,863 (1940) | #4,593 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 14 | #12,676 (2007) | #13,959 |
| 2010s | 18 | #12,876 (2016) | #14,795 |
| 2020s | 26 | #11,231 (2022) | #12,929 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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