Lemmie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #9,616 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to boys 81.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 666since 1889
Lemmie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
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| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lemmie! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lemmie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #696)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1892 (#963 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1903 at #696 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1889–1903
- Highest: 1 in 10,839 boys born in 1903 were named Lemmie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Lemmie (148) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 25 | #963 (1891) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 39 | #696 (1903) | #964 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,190 (1911) | #2,047 |
| 1920s | 148 | #1,885 (1920) | #2,181 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,538 (1931) | #2,229 |
| 1940s | 98 | #1,821 (1941) | #2,512 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,135 (1951) | #2,858 |
| 1960s | 56 | #2,465 (1966) | #3,162 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,270 (1988) | #7,270 |
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.
Lemmie in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Lemmie, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.