Lem
#4,100 most common boys' name of all time · #10,035 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1983
Rank among boys
#4,100
Rank overall
#10,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
1,297
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,065
Best rank
#345 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Lem is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,511 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,874 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,393 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,422 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,971 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,950 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,061 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,090 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,699 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,312 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,586 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,529 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,159 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,524 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 1950 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,945 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,128 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,125 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,107 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,515 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,808 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,220 |
| 1940 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,690 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,060 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,934 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,974 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,593 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,944 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,714 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,787 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,781 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,190 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,679 |
| 1928 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,572 |
| 1927 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,049 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1925 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,430 |
| 1924 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,459 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,701 |
| 1922 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,400 |
| 1921 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,302 |
| 1920 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1919 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,269 |
| 1918 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,194 |
| 1917 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,065 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,598 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,270 |
| 1914 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,264 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,685 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,428 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #991 |
| 1910 | — | 14 | 14 | #833 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #853 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,234 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #943 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,025 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #854 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #774 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #934 |
| 1902 | — | 13 | 13 | #632 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #877 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,186 |
| 1899 | — | 16 | 16 | #495 |
| 1898 | — | 21 | 21 | #444 |
| 1897 | — | 14 | 14 | #565 |
| 1896 | — | 16 | 16 | #524 |
| 1895 | — | 13 | 13 | #586 |
| 1894 | — | 13 | 13 | #579 |
| 1893 | — | 12 | 12 | #590 |
| 1892 | — | 23 | 23 | #400 |
| 1891 | — | 10 | 10 | #609 |
| 1890 | — | 17 | 17 | #449 |
| 1889 | — | 21 | 21 | #401 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #564 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #568 |
| 1886 | — | 21 | 21 | #396 |
| 1885 | — | 18 | 18 | #432 |
| 1884 | — | 12 | 12 | #557 |
| 1883 | — | 24 | 24 | #345 |
| 1882 | — | 25 | 25 | #364 |
| 1881 | — | 19 | 19 | #394 |
| 1880 | — | 12 | 12 | #547 |