Philemon is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Philemon is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,079 for boy births in the United States (and #16,867 across all names), given to 10 babies. Philemon was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 2017 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #8,079 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #10,657 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #8,754 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | #13,835 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | #4,737 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #6,933 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,503 |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | #5,720 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #4,304 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #5,728 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #5,923 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,926 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #7,950 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,597 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | #6,720 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #5,701 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #7,461 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #10,375 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #4,977 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,865 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #6,611 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | #6,801 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,824 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #8,486 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #5,385 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #5,983 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #4,552 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #6,828 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #5,773 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #6,100 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | #4,791 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #4,414 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #4,909 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,484 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #3,843 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,859 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #6,514 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #3,979 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,431 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,402 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #4,891 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #4,403 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #2,809 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,222 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #3,033 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #3,008 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,649 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #3,191 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #3,388 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,325 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,872 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,224 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | #2,199 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,298 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #3,178 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #2,726 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,927 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,476 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,548 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,293 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #2,776 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,357 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,480 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,921 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,228 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #3,085 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #3,042 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,629 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,723 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,959 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,583 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,896 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,355 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #3,469 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,936 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,830 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,818 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,916 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,435 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,800 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,031 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,676 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,421 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,412 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,018 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,092 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,681 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,090 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,232 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,114 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | #2,954 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,220 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,743 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,664 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,531 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,882 |