Lemuel
Lemuel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. Its best rank was 195th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921147 births
- Best rank
- #195in 1881
- Since 1880
- 9,890people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,890 boys have been named Lemuel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 147 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lemuel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 400 | |
| 1890s | 255 | |
| 1900s | 255 | |
| 1910s | 873 | |
| 1920s | 1,242 | |
| 1930s | 895 | |
| 1940s | 865 | |
| 1950s | 1,001 | |
| 1960s | 881 | |
| 1970s | 670 | |
| 1980s | 571 | |
| 1990s | 533 | |
| 2000s | 479 | |
| 2010s | 634 | |
| 2020s | 336 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Lemuel was the 512th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Lemuel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Enospeak 1921
- Hirampeak 1920
- Irapeak 1947
- Corneliouspeak 1921
- Wileypeak 1921
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Burtpeak 1956
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.