Lemon is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2021 and remains in steady use.
Lemon is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Lemon was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1927 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | #4,616 | — |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | #4,726 | — |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | #3,749 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | #3,930 | — |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | #3,237 | — |
| 2020 | 42 | 42 | #3,580 | — |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | #5,541 | — |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #6,156 | — |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | #5,268 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 | #5,079 | — |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #12,486 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,597 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | — | #9,268 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | — | #9,046 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,662 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,631 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,326 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,433 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,703 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,142 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,791 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,484 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,306 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,755 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,134 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,471 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | — | #2,783 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,879 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,882 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,320 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,272 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | — | #4,307 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | — | #2,328 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | — | #2,683 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | — | #2,269 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,636 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,256 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | — | #3,569 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,526 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | — | #2,075 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | — | #2,545 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | — | #3,250 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | — | #2,347 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | — | #2,197 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | — | #2,261 |
| 1943 | 13 | — | — | #2,126 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | — | #2,215 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | — | #1,728 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,043 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,314 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | — | #2,411 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | — | #1,664 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | — | #2,547 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | — | #1,411 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | — | #2,052 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | — | #2,056 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1927 | 30 | — | — | #1,362 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | — | #1,974 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | #4,774 | #1,514 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | — | #1,911 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | — | #1,531 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | #5,197 | #1,605 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | — | #1,509 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,625 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | #3,457 | #1,161 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #964 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #922 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #891 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #850 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #967 |
| 1902 | 15 | — | — | #570 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #818 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #876 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #830 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #687 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #830 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | — | #803 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #976 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #721 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #850 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #613 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #669 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #737 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #977 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #801 |