Lem
Lem is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 345th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191739 births
- Best rank
- #345in 1883
- Since 1880
- 1,297people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,297 boys have been named Lem in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 39 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1920, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lem | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 176 | |
| 1890s | 155 | |
| 1900s | 86 | |
| 1910s | 222 | |
| 1920s | 239 | |
| 1930s | 139 | |
| 1940s | 129 | |
| 1950s | 90 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 6 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Lem was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Lem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gustpeak 1923
- Rollapeak 1916
- Ligepeak 1915
- Greenpeak 1927
- Edpeak 1959
- Willpeak 1888
- Pinkpeak 1919
- Charleypeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.