Lemon**
#3,870 most common boys' name of all time · #9,435 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1882–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,870
Rank overall
#9,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,430
Since 2016
325
Peak year
2021
Best rank
#576 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Lemon first appears in 1882. 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 | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| 2024 | 29 | — | 29 | — |
| 2023 | 41 | — | 41 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | — | 38 | — |
| 2021 | 50 | — | 50 | — |
| 2020 | 42 | — | 42 | — |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | — | 27 | — |
| 2015 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,472 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,297 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,000 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,126 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,088 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,047 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,413 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,777 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,630 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,018 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,576 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,025 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,333 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,706 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,698 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,995 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,046 |
| 1956 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,282 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,597 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,229 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,555 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,126 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,410 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,372 |
| 1949 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,043 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,474 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,126 |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,296 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,152 |
| 1944 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,218 |
| 1943 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,094 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,174 |
| 1941 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,711 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,011 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,155 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,355 |
| 1937 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,663 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,489 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,555 |
| 1934 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,398 |
| 1933 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,019 |
| 1932 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,016 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,609 |
| 1930 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,865 |
| 1928 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,490 |
| 1927 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,358 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1925 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1924 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #1,507 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,892 |
| 1922 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,609 |
| 1921 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,522 |
| 1920 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1919 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,590 |
| 1918 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,462 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,499 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,606 |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,564 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,402 |
| 1913 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,154 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | — | 12 | 12 | #957 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,343 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #923 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,050 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #895 |
| 1904 | — | 9 | 9 | #854 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #975 |
| 1902 | — | 15 | 15 | #576 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #832 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #880 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #841 |
| 1898 | — | 11 | 11 | #694 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #832 |
| 1896 | — | 9 | 9 | #813 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,030 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,035 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #991 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #741 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #863 |
| 1887 | — | 10 | 10 | #627 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #688 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #757 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #969 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #827 |