How Many People Are Named Lem?
people named Lem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,818,004 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,297 babies named Lem in Social Security records from 1880 to 1983, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lem alive today is about 72 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lem first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 39 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1983.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1983
🏆 Rank History
Lem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #345, in 1883.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #345 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,552 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lem alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lem were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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