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Lemuel

Pronounced /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/

Rank in 2024
#2,134
Born in 2024
69
Peak year
1921 · #510
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 69 boys were named Lemuel, about 1 in every 24,860.
  • It peaked in 1921 with 147 babies, ranked #510.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,890 boys have been named Lemuel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lemuel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 2,107 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Silent: 1,627 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,838 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,143 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 873 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 795 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 815 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lemuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.