Kemuel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEM-yoo-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Kemuel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “raised up by God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Kemuel mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“raised up by God”
In Genesis, Kemuel is a son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and the father of Aram.
Is Kemuel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemuel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kemuel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kemuel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kemuel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kemuel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Kemuel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Kemuel, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more boys named Kemuel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kemuel in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemuel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Kemuel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Axel, Elias, Tobias, Matteo, Gabriel, Noah, Ibrahim, Ezra, Isaiah, Asher, Adriel
Names related to Kemuel
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kemuel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemuel, updated 20 October 2026.