Filemon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Filemon

The Social Security Administration has registered 514 babies named Filemon between 1917 and 2022, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Filemon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Filemon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Filemon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Filemon in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Filemon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 514 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.