Lema
#12,980 most common girls' name of all time · #21,467 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1890–2025
Rank among girls
#12,980
Rank overall
#21,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
380
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1915 #1,921
Best rank
#1,191 1895
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Lema first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,991 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,285 |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,529 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,162 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,929 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,636 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,027 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,305 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,720 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,769 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,342 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,964 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,443 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,463 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,520 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,341 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,035 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,162 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,836 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,350 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,182 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,212 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,293 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,430 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,671 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,641 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,434 |
| 1918 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,238 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,248 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,502 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,921 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,321 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,835 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,792 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,724 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,777 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,738 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,626 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,769 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,824 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,524 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,358 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,691 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,191 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,326 |