Lemon

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to boys 74.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1902 · 15 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,071
since 1882

Lemon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #3,187, 1913peak #556, 1902girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,54630
2024#4,66929
2023#3,70941
2022#3,89338
2021#3,21550
2020#3,54642
2019#5,44923
2018#6,01020
2017#5,19125
2016#4,99027
2015#11,8358
2014#10,12910
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#8,4355
1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988
1987#6,9515
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979#6,0565
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973#4,0547
1972#4,9865
1971#4,3756
1970#4,7245
1969#3,5957
1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
1966#3,5376
1965#2,9828
1964#3,2827
1963#2,67310
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#3,6656
1959#3,9885
1958#3,9445
1957#3,9935
1956#2,26313
1955#2,55810
1954#2,20713
1953#2,53110
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#3,3296
1949#2,02214
1948#2,44310
1947#3,0967
1946#2,27111
1945#2,13111
1944#2,19511
1943#2,07413
1942#2,14512
1941#1,68517
1940#1,98313
1939#3,1136
1938#2,32610
1937#1,62718
1936#2,4529
1935#1,53820
1934#1,38624
1933#1,99713
1932#1,99514
1931#1,58920
1930#1,36828
1929#1,84817
1928#1,48025
1927#1,35030
1926#1,60522
1925#1,93517
1924#4,4346#1,49226
1923#1,87418
1922#1,59123
1921#1,50925
1920#1,50525
1919#4,8145#1,57622
1918#1,44625
1917#1,47923
1916#1,59420
1915#1,55320
1914#1,38819
1913#3,1875#1,14620
1912#1,26814
1911#1,3877
1910#92812
1909#1,2776
1908#87710
1907#9998
1906#8529
1905
1904#8109
1903#9107
1902#55615
1901#7798
1900#83610
1899#7868
1898#66311
1897#7878
1896#7789
1895#9786
1894#9546
1893#9076
1892#68810
1891#9635
1890#8147
1889
1888
1887#58310
1886#6479
1885#7008
1884
1883#8925
1882#7547
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Lemon! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lemon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
  • Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1910 (#1,277#928)
  • Biggest drop: 459 spots in 1911 (#928#1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1902 at #556 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1890–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,177
  • Highest: 1 in 8,177 boys born in 1902 were named Lemon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,482 boys born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.3% of all boys named Lemon (228) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#583 (1887)#715
1890s76#663 (1898)#832
1900s82#556 (1902)#877
1910s182#928 (1910)#1,377
1920s228#1,350 (1927)#1,619
1930s162#1,368 (1930)#1,939
1940s119#1,685 (1941)#2,205
1950s80#2,207 (1954)#3,127
1960s60#2,673 (1963)#3,499
1970s28#4,054 (1973)#4,839
1980s5#6,951 (1987)#6,951
1990s10#8,236 (1991)#8,336

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.

Lemon in 1904

boys
#810
9 births · 1 in 14,236 boys

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #810Lemon9
More about 1904

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 14,236 of them was named Lemon, which outranked 41.9% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lemon
  1. #760Toney10
  2. #760Waino10
  3. #760Zack10
  4. #810Lemon9
  5. #810Addison9
  6. #810Alfonzo9
  7. #810Alice9
  8. #874Acie8
  9. #874Adrain8
  10. #874Adron8

Tied with 63 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 615Adelbert#1,130#515
  2. 592Hunter#1,130#538
  3. 564Mac#1,130#566
  4. 564Manley#1,130#566
  5. 483Hezekiah#1,130#647
Fallers
  1. 629Bessie#576#1,205
  2. 629Reynold#576#1,205
  3. 610Nat#595#1,205
  4. 586Minnie#619#1,205
  5. 586Ludwig#619#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904