Lem
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1883
24 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,297
since 1880
Born a Lem? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Lem was most popular in 1883, when 24 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.23 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Lem in 2025. Not recorded since 1983.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 14 | 2055 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 15 | 1941 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 13 | 2123 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 13 | 2115 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 7 | 3096 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 22 | 1509 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 10 | 2309 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 16 | 1799 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 17 | 1680 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 12 | 2050 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 13 | 1964 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 19 | 1584 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 14 | 1932 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 17 | 1707 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 17 | 1777 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 17 | 1770 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 23 | 1569 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 16 | 2034 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 22 | 1605 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 27 | 1425 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 27 | 1458 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 21 | 1696 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 28 | 1396 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 32 | 1296 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 23 | 1592 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 31 | 1264 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 34 | 1192 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 39 | 1062 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 20 | 1594 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 27 | 1265 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 22 | 1260 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 12 | 1417 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 12 | 982 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 14 | 822 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 12 | 840 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 6 | 1217 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 9 | 930 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 9 | 836 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 10 | 760 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 7 | 910 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 13 | 615 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 7 | 858 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 16 | 481 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 21 | 435 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 14 | 556 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 16 | 518 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 13 | 579 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 13 | 567 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 12 | 572 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 23 | 394 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 10 | 597 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 17 | 434 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 21 | 388 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 13 | 554 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 11 | 544 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 21 | 383 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 18 | 422 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 12 | 547 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 24 | 337 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 25 | 355 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 19 | 389 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 12 | 526 |
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