Lemuel
Boy · LEM-yoo-el · Hebrew
Lemuel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “belonging to God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 2,020th for boys in the US (74 babies).
What does Lemuel mean?
Hebrew: biblical Hebrew name
“belonging to God”
King Lemuel is named in Proverbs 31; Lemuel Gulliver is the narrator of Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
- Say it
- LEM-yoo-el
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lemuel a girl's or a boy's name?
Lemuel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 74 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lemuel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Lemuel, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th.
2025 had the most boys named Lemuel of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Lemuel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Lemuel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Lemuel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,020among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were named Lemuel, making it the 2,020th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 147 boys.
2025 had more boys named Lemuel than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Lemuel in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1982. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Lemuel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,059 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,019 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,003 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,001 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 66 | #1,797 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,819 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,654 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,525 |
| 1989 | 52 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,079 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,034 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 73 | #1,007 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 71 | #970 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,003 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,045 |
| 1972 | 72 | #952 |
| 1971 | 65 | #1,007 |
| 1970 | 72 | #940 |
| 1969 | 73 | #893 |
| 1968 | 76 | #834 |
| 1967 | 84 | #793 |
| 1966 | 84 | #794 |
| 1965 | 87 | #796 |
| 1964 | 92 | #784 |
| 1963 | 102 | #760 |
| 1962 | 95 | #778 |
| 1961 | 95 | #781 |
| 1960 | 94 | #787 |
| 1959 | 102 | #751 |
| 1958 | 77 | #862 |
| 1957 | 106 | #727 |
| 1956 | 101 | #731 |
| 1955 | 96 | #744 |
| 1954 | 105 | #708 |
| 1953 | 109 | #682 |
| 1952 | 105 | #676 |
| 1951 | 114 | #657 |
| 1950 | 86 | #740 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 |
| 1948 | 91 | #699 |
| 1947 | 86 | #741 |
| 1946 | 85 | #704 |
| 1945 | 73 | #709 |
| 1944 | 100 | #614 |
| 1943 | 95 | #655 |
| 1942 | 86 | #693 |
| 1941 | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | 74 | #702 |
| 1939 | 79 | #667 |
| 1938 | 103 | #577 |
| 1937 | 90 | #616 |
| 1936 | 85 | #630 |
| 1935 | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | 88 | #637 |
| 1933 | 83 | #634 |
| 1932 | 90 | #626 |
| 1931 | 90 | #626 |
| 1930 | 102 | #605 |
| 1929 | 110 | #564 |
| 1928 | 116 | #571 |
| 1927 | 102 | #619 |
| 1926 | 122 | #552 |
| 1925 | 118 | #573 |
| 1924 | 128 | #556 |
| 1923 | 111 | #600 |
| 1922 | 142 | #517 |
| 1921 | 147 | #510 |
| 1920 | 146 | #499 |
| 1919 | 137 | #508 |
| 1918 | 122 | #544 |
| 1917 | 115 | #544 |
| 1916 | 135 | #488 |
| 1915 | 95 | #583 |
| 1914 | 90 | #516 |
| 1913 | 57 | #579 |
| 1912 | 61 | #502 |
| 1911 | 32 | #525 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 30 | #417 |
| 1906 | 36 | #346 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 16 | #566 |
| 1903 | 24 | #401 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 20 | #422 |
| 1900 | 37 | #357 |
| 1899 | 20 | #415 |
| 1898 | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | 30 | #339 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | 33 | #320 |
| 1891 | 32 | #291 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 39 | #254 |
| 1886 | 37 | #280 |
| 1885 | 31 | #305 |
| 1884 | 31 | #314 |
| 1883 | 41 | #259 |
| 1882 | 43 | #262 |
| 1881 | 58 | #193 |
| 1880 | 59 | #207 |
Nicknames for Lemuel
- Lem
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