Lemuel

Boy name

Lemuel has been given to 9,965 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921.

Meaning & origin /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/

From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (lemu'él, ləmūʔel, literally “devoted to God”)API.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,965

Peak year

1921 (147 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +3%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lemuel.

9,934 babies since 1880

10,004 babies since 1880

10,138 babies since 1894

9,720 babies since 1884

9,694 babies since 1880

10,334 babies since 1880

10,338 babies since 1880

10,339 babies since 1880

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