Lemuel

#2,020 for boys in 2025, 74 births

Peak · boys
#193
1881 · 58 births
Debut · boys
1880
59 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,965
since 1880

Lemuel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lemuel has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #193, 1881boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,02074
2024#2,13369
2023#2,14767
2022#2,06073
2021#2,25362
2020#2,13965
2019#2,02072
2018#1,83882
2017#2,00371
2016#2,58748
2015#2,00172
2014#2,01770
2013#2,09064
2012#2,41552
2011#2,43751
2010#2,40252
2009#3,27434
2008#2,29157
2007#3,02538
2006#2,08263
2005#2,56743
2004#2,74138
2003#1,80066
2002#2,37243
2001#2,18547
2000#2,01550
1999#1,69262
1998#1,95749
1997#1,85950
1996#1,78551
1995#1,86446
1994#1,56459
1993#1,82446
1992#1,65952
1991#1,43063
1990#1,53055
1989#1,55052
1988#1,52548
1987#1,58744
1986#1,29956
1985#1,19062
1984#1,42245
1983#1,25354
1982#1,03177
1981#1,15463
1980#1,07970
1979#1,03473
1978#1,37145
1977#1,00773
1976#97772
1975#97071
1974#1,00367
1973#1,04560
1972#95272
1971#1,00765
1970#94072
1969#89373
1968#83476
1967#79384
1966#79484
1965#79687
1964#78492
1963#760102
1962#77995
1961#78295
1960#78894
1959#752102
1958#86377
1957#728106
1956#732101
1955#74596
1954#709105
1953#683109
1952#677105
1951#658114
1950#74186
1949#69297
1948#70091
1947#74286
1946#70485
1945#70973
1944#614100
1943#65595
1942#69386
1941#69478
1940#70274
1939#66779
1938#577103
1937#61690
1936#63085
1935#64185
1934#63788
1933#63483
1932#62690
1931#62690
1930#605102
1929#564110
1928#571116
1927#619102
1926#552122
1925#573118
1924#556128
1923#600111
1922#517142
1921#510147
1920#499146
1919#508137
1918#544122
1917#544115
1916#488135
1915#58395
1914#51690
1913#57957
1912#50261
1911#52532
1910#52429
1909#49627
1908#56620
1907#41730
1906#34636
1905#45224
1904#56616
1903#40124
1902#46021
1901#42220
1900#35737
1899#41520
1898#41822
1897#33930
1896#43820
1895#39923
1894#33628
1893#41919
1892#32033
1891#29132
1890#32828
1889#32229
1888#31432
1887#25439
1886#28037
1885#30531
1884#31431
1883#25941
1882#26243
1881#19358
1880#20759
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.

See more about Lemuel
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s400#193 (1881)#271
1890s255#291 (1891)#370
1900s255#346 (1906)#448
1910s873#488 (1916)#531
1920s1,242#499 (1920)#556
1930s895#577 (1938)#626
1940s865#614 (1944)#691
1950s1,001#658 (1951)#729
1960s882#760 (1963)#800
1970s670#940 (1970)#1,031
1980s571#1,031 (1982)#1,309
1990s533#1,430 (1991)#1,716
2000s479#1,800 (2003)#2,435
2010s634#1,838 (2018)#2,181
2020s410#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 1982

boys
#1,031
77 births · 1 in 23,564 boys

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #1,031Lemuel77
More about 1982

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 23,564 of them was named Lemuel, which outranked 86.0% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lemuel
  1. #1,023Homer78
  2. #1,023Jakob78
  3. #1,023Kirby78
  4. #1,031Lemuel77
  5. #1,031Brody77
  6. #1,031Emory77
  7. #1,031Germaine77
  8. #1,039Bruno76
  9. #1,039Carmelo76
  10. #1,039Danielle76

Tied with 7 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →