Lemuel is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has grown less common since.
Lemuel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,030 for boy births in the United States (and #4,334 across all names), given to 74 babies. Lemuel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (147 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | #2,030 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | #2,148 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | #2,165 |
| 2022 | 73 | 81 | #2,071 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 65 | 65 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 72 | 77 | #2,034 |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | #1,848 |
| 2017 | 71 | 71 | #2,009 |
| 2016 | 48 | 55 | #2,606 |
| 2015 | 72 | 82 | #2,008 |
| 2014 | 70 | 79 | #2,033 |
| 2013 | 64 | 76 | #2,104 |
| 2012 | 52 | 52 | #2,435 |
| 2011 | 51 | 59 | #2,464 |
| 2010 | 52 | 52 | #2,421 |
| 2009 | 34 | 46 | #3,306 |
| 2008 | 57 | 66 | #2,310 |
| 2007 | 38 | 47 | #3,059 |
| 2006 | 63 | 75 | #2,091 |
| 2005 | 43 | 59 | #2,595 |
| 2004 | 38 | 48 | #2,772 |
| 2003 | 66 | 75 | #1,811 |
| 2002 | 43 | 62 | #2,396 |
| 2001 | 47 | 63 | #2,206 |
| 2000 | 50 | 71 | #2,036 |
| 1999 | 62 | 79 | #1,706 |
| 1998 | 49 | 65 | #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 |