How Many People Are Named Lemuel?
people named Lemuel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,187 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,965 babies named Lemuel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
147 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "belonging to God" in Hebrew. This was the name of a king briefly mentioned in Proverbs in the Old Testament. In the Book of Mormon it is the name of a son of Lehi and Sariah. It is also borne by the hero of Jonathan Swift's novel 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lemuel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lemuel alive today is about 43 years old, and 34% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lemuel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 147 babies. In 2025, 74 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lemuel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #195, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #2,030.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,030 |
| Best rank | #195 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #554 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lemuel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lemuel were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lemuel was given 5.5 times as often in North Carolina, 3.6 times in Virginia and 3 times in Florida.
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