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Lemuel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 74 in 2025. Its best rank was #195 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #195 in 1881; #2,030 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lemuel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,030 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #195.
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Lemuel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 74 boys in 2025. Peak: #195 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 147 (1921).
In 2025, 74 US boys were named Lemuel, making it the 2,030th most common boys’ name of the year, up 118 places from #2,148 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 69 boys named Lemuel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #195, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 147, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,008 in 2015 and #745 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lemuel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 59 babies with the name. In all, 9,965 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,242 babies named Lemuel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 683 US boys were named Lemuel; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,082 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lemuel ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #673 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Lemmy, Limuel and Lemual are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lem.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lemmy (134), Limuel (104), Lemual (60), Lemel (24).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 7 | #673 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,353 | — |
| Texas | 11 | #1,616 | #1,863 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,760 | — |
| New York | 5 | #1,932 | #1,746 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 74 | #2,030 |
| 2024 | — | — | 69 | #2,148 |
| 2023 | — | — | 67 | #2,165 |
| 2022 | — | — | 73 | #2,071 |
| 2021 | — | — | 62 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | — | — | 65 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | — | — | 72 | #2,034 |
| 2018 | — | — | 82 | #1,848 |
| 2017 | — | — | 71 | #2,009 |
| 2016 | — | — | 48 | #2,606 |
| 2015 | — | — | 72 | #2,008 |
| 2014 | — | — | 70 | #2,033 |
| 2013 | — | — | 64 | #2,104 |
| 2012 | — | — | 52 | #2,435 |
| 2011 | — | — | 51 | #2,464 |
| 2010 | — | — | 52 | #2,421 |
| 2009 | — | — | 34 | #3,306 |
| 2008 | — | — | 57 | #2,310 |
| 2007 | — | — | 38 | #3,059 |
| 2006 | — | — | 63 | #2,091 |
| 2005 | — | — | 43 | #2,595 |
| 2004 | — | — | 38 | #2,772 |
| 2003 | — | — | 66 | #1,811 |
| 2002 | — | — | 43 | #2,396 |
| 2001 | — | — | 47 | #2,206 |
| 2000 | — | — | 50 | #2,036 |
| 1999 | — | — | 62 | #1,706 |
| 1998 | — | — | 49 | #1,978 |
| 1997 | — | — | 50 | #1,874 |
| 1996 | — | — | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1995 | — | — | 46 | #1,875 |
| 1994 | — | — | 59 | #1,573 |
| 1993 | — | — | 46 | #1,842 |
| 1992 | — | — | 52 | #1,669 |
| 1991 | — | — | 63 | #1,441 |
| 1990 | — | — | 55 | #1,540 |
| 1989 | — | — | 52 | #1,558 |
| 1988 | — | — | 48 | #1,537 |
| 1987 | — | — | 44 | #1,599 |
| 1986 | — | — | 56 | #1,310 |
| 1985 | — | — | 62 | #1,201 |
| 1984 | — | — | 45 | #1,435 |
| 1983 | — | — | 54 | #1,259 |
| 1982 | — | — | 77 | #1,037 |
| 1981 | — | — | 63 | #1,161 |
| 1980 | — | — | 70 | #1,084 |
| 1979 | — | — | 73 | #1,037 |
| 1978 | — | — | 45 | #1,380 |
| 1977 | — | — | 73 | #1,007 |
| 1976 | — | — | 72 | #985 |
| 1975 | — | — | 71 | #979 |
| 1974 | — | — | 67 | #1,004 |
| 1973 | — | — | 60 | #1,050 |
| 1972 | — | — | 72 | #957 |
| 1971 | — | — | 65 | #1,011 |
| 1970 | — | — | 72 | #946 |
| 1969 | — | — | 73 | #896 |
| 1968 | — | — | 76 | #837 |
| 1967 | — | — | 84 | #798 |
| 1966 | — | — | 84 | #798 |
| 1965 | — | — | 87 | #801 |
| 1964 | — | — | 92 | #786 |
| 1963 | — | — | 102 | #762 |
| 1962 | — | — | 95 | #785 |
| 1961 | — | — | 95 | #783 |
| 1960 | — | — | 94 | #795 |
| 1959 | — | — | 102 | #754 |
| 1958 | — | — | 77 | #865 |
| 1957 | — | — | 106 | #730 |
| 1956 | — | — | 101 | #733 |
| 1955 | — | — | 96 | #748 |
| 1954 | — | — | 105 | #710 |
| 1953 | — | — | 109 | #683 |
| 1952 | — | — | 105 | #678 |
| 1951 | — | — | 114 | #658 |
| 1950 | — | — | 86 | #745 |
| 1949 | — | — | 97 | #695 |
| 1948 | — | — | 91 | #701 |
| 1947 | — | — | 86 | #744 |
| 1946 | — | — | 85 | #707 |
| 1945 | — | — | 73 | #714 |
| 1944 | — | — | 100 | #616 |
| 1943 | — | — | 95 | #660 |
| 1942 | — | — | 86 | #697 |
| 1941 | — | — | 78 | #698 |
| 1940 | — | — | 74 | #707 |
| 1939 | — | — | 79 | #668 |
| 1938 | — | — | 103 | #578 |
| 1937 | — | — | 90 | #617 |
| 1936 | — | — | 85 | #631 |
| 1935 | — | — | 85 | #644 |
| 1934 | — | — | 88 | #640 |
| 1933 | — | — | 83 | #634 |
| 1932 | — | — | 90 | #628 |
| 1931 | — | — | 90 | #627 |
| 1930 | — | — | 102 | #609 |
| 1929 | — | — | 110 | #567 |
| 1928 | — | — | 116 | #571 |
| 1927 | — | — | 102 | #625 |
| 1926 | — | — | 122 | #556 |
| 1925 | — | — | 118 | #574 |
| 1924 | — | — | 128 | #557 |
| 1923 | — | — | 111 | #604 |
| 1922 | — | — | 142 | #518 |
| 1921 | — | — | 147 | #512 |
| 1920 | — | — | 146 | #499 |
| 1919 | — | — | 137 | #509 |
| 1918 | — | — | 122 | #545 |
| 1917 | — | — | 115 | #547 |
| 1916 | — | — | 135 | #489 |
| 1915 | — | — | 95 | #585 |
| 1914 | — | — | 90 | #518 |
| 1913 | — | — | 57 | #583 |
| 1912 | — | — | 61 | #505 |
| 1911 | — | — | 32 | #527 |
| 1910 | — | — | 29 | #528 |
| 1909 | — | — | 27 | #499 |
| 1908 | — | — | 20 | #570 |
| 1907 | — | — | 30 | #423 |
| 1906 | — | — | 36 | #348 |
| 1905 | — | — | 24 | #458 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #580 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #407 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #468 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #430 |
| 1900 | — | — | 37 | #364 |
| 1899 | — | — | 20 | #422 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #425 |
| 1897 | — | — | 30 | #344 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #451 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #408 |
| 1894 | — | — | 28 | #345 |
| 1893 | — | — | 19 | #424 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #325 |
| 1891 | — | — | 32 | #295 |
| 1890 | — | — | 28 | #332 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #330 |
| 1888 | — | — | 32 | #321 |
| 1887 | — | — | 39 | #258 |
| 1886 | — | — | 37 | #282 |
| 1885 | — | — | 31 | #305 |
| 1884 | — | — | 31 | #315 |
| 1883 | — | — | 41 | #259 |
| 1882 | — | — | 43 | #264 |
| 1881 | — | — | 58 | #195 |
| 1880 | — | — | 59 | #208 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).