Lemuel
#2,020 for boys in 2025, 74 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 59 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,965since 1880
Lemuel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lemuel has never cracked the top 100 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,020 | 74 |
| 2024 | #2,133 | 69 |
| 2023 | #2,147 | 67 |
| 2022 | #2,060 | 73 |
| 2021 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #2,139 | 65 |
| 2019 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #1,838 | 82 |
| 2017 | #2,003 | 71 |
| 2016 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #2,415 | 52 |
| 2011 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,402 | 52 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #2,291 | 57 |
| 2007 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #2,082 | 63 |
| 2005 | #2,567 | 43 |
| 2004 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #1,800 | 66 |
| 2002 | #2,372 | 43 |
| 2001 | #2,185 | 47 |
| 2000 | #2,015 | 50 |
| 1999 | #1,692 | 62 |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #1,864 | 46 |
| 1994 | #1,564 | 59 |
| 1993 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #1,659 | 52 |
| 1991 | #1,430 | 63 |
| 1990 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | #1,550 | 52 |
| 1988 | #1,525 | 48 |
| 1987 | #1,587 | 44 |
| 1986 | #1,299 | 56 |
| 1985 | #1,190 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,422 | 45 |
| 1983 | #1,253 | 54 |
| 1982 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,154 | 63 |
| 1980 | #1,079 | 70 |
| 1979 | #1,034 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,371 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,007 | 73 |
| 1976 | #977 | 72 |
| 1975 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #1,003 | 67 |
| 1973 | #1,045 | 60 |
| 1972 | #952 | 72 |
| 1971 | #1,007 | 65 |
| 1970 | #940 | 72 |
| 1969 | #893 | 73 |
| 1968 | #834 | 76 |
| 1967 | #793 | 84 |
| 1966 | #794 | 84 |
| 1965 | #796 | 87 |
| 1964 | #784 | 92 |
| 1963 | #760 | 102 |
| 1962 | #779 | 95 |
| 1961 | #782 | 95 |
| 1960 | #788 | 94 |
| 1959 | #752 | 102 |
| 1958 | #863 | 77 |
| 1957 | #728 | 106 |
| 1956 | #732 | 101 |
| 1955 | #745 | 96 |
| 1954 | #709 | 105 |
| 1953 | #683 | 109 |
| 1952 | #677 | 105 |
| 1951 | #658 | 114 |
| 1950 | #741 | 86 |
| 1949 | #692 | 97 |
| 1948 | #700 | 91 |
| 1947 | #742 | 86 |
| 1946 | #704 | 85 |
| 1945 | #709 | 73 |
| 1944 | #614 | 100 |
| 1943 | #655 | 95 |
| 1942 | #693 | 86 |
| 1941 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #702 | 74 |
| 1939 | #667 | 79 |
| 1938 | #577 | 103 |
| 1937 | #616 | 90 |
| 1936 | #630 | 85 |
| 1935 | #641 | 85 |
| 1934 | #637 | 88 |
| 1933 | #634 | 83 |
| 1932 | #626 | 90 |
| 1931 | #626 | 90 |
| 1930 | #605 | 102 |
| 1929 | #564 | 110 |
| 1928 | #571 | 116 |
| 1927 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #552 | 122 |
| 1925 | #573 | 118 |
| 1924 | #556 | 128 |
| 1923 | #600 | 111 |
| 1922 | #517 | 142 |
| 1921 | #510 | 147 |
| 1920 | #499 | 146 |
| 1919 | #508 | 137 |
| 1918 | #544 | 122 |
| 1917 | #544 | 115 |
| 1916 | #488 | 135 |
| 1915 | #583 | 95 |
| 1914 | #516 | 90 |
| 1913 | #579 | 57 |
| 1912 | #502 | 61 |
| 1911 | #525 | 32 |
| 1910 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #496 | 27 |
| 1908 | #566 | 20 |
| 1907 | #417 | 30 |
| 1906 | #346 | 36 |
| 1905 | #452 | 24 |
| 1904 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #401 | 24 |
| 1902 | #460 | 21 |
| 1901 | #422 | 20 |
| 1900 | #357 | 37 |
| 1899 | #415 | 20 |
| 1898 | #418 | 22 |
| 1897 | #339 | 30 |
| 1896 | #438 | 20 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #336 | 28 |
| 1893 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | #320 | 33 |
| 1891 | #291 | 32 |
| 1890 | #328 | 28 |
| 1889 | #322 | 29 |
| 1888 | #314 | 32 |
| 1887 | #254 | 39 |
| 1886 | #280 | 37 |
| 1885 | #305 | 31 |
| 1884 | #314 | 31 |
| 1883 | #259 | 41 |
| 1882 | #262 | 43 |
| 1881 | #193 | 58 |
| 1880 | #207 | 59 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lemuel was already there! It came in at #207, and was given to 59 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
Where Lemuel is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Florida#162 · 1 in 966
- Maryland#185 · 1 in 1,847
- Virginia#190 · 1 in 1,409
- North Carolina#237 · 1 in 2,052
- Georgia#308 · 1 in 2,913
Best ever in a state: #162 in Florida, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #162 | 10 | 1 in 966 |
| Maryland | #185 | 7 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Virginia | #190 | 17 | 1 in 1,409 |
| North Carolina | #237 | 16 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Georgia | #308 | 11 | 1 in 2,913 |
| South Carolina | #387 | 5 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Arkansas | #406 | 5 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Pennsylvania | #439 | 8 | 1 in 10,608 |
| Texas | #496 | 12 | 1 in 4,233 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 113 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #2,020)
- 119 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,020)
- 19 spots since 2015 (#2,001 → #2,020)
- Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1905 (#566 → #452)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1904 (#401 → #566)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #193 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,737
- Highest: 1 in 1,737 boys born in 1881 were named Lemuel (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,082 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 12.5% of all boys named Lemuel (1,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 400 | #193 (1881) | #271 |
| 1890s | 255 | #291 (1891) | #370 |
| 1900s | 255 | #346 (1906) | #448 |
| 1910s | 873 | #488 (1916) | #531 |
| 1920s | 1,242 | #499 (1920) | #556 |
| 1930s | 895 | #577 (1938) | #626 |
| 1940s | 865 | #614 (1944) | #691 |
| 1950s | 1,001 | #658 (1951) | #729 |
| 1960s | 882 | #760 (1963) | #800 |
| 1970s | 670 | #940 (1970) | #1,031 |
| 1980s | 571 | #1,031 (1982) | #1,309 |
| 1990s | 533 | #1,430 (1991) | #1,716 |
| 2000s | 479 | #1,800 (2003) | #2,435 |
| 2010s | 634 | #1,838 (2018) | #2,181 |
| 2020s | 410 | #2,020 (2025) | #2,125 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lemuel in 1920
boys
#499
146 births · 1 in 7,290 boys
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 7,290 of them was named Lemuel, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).