Boys' name · since 1917
Filemon
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 514 babies named Filemon, peaking in 1928. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,768 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 514
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Filemon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 514 recorded since 1917.
Filemon has 514 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2022.
- #7,768 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 514 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Filemon ranks #7,768 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 514 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,768 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 514
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Filemon's 514 recorded births place it above 82.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Filemon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Filemon splits its recorded history at 1969: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1928 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Filemon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2022
- Peak year (1928)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Filemon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 16% of the file).
1990s was Filemon's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Filemon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
44 births
- 1940s
1940s
59 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (16% of all-time use).
How Filemon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Filemon's total volume
Filemon by state
Where Filemon concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 39 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 35 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 5 | 1.0% |
39 of 514 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Filemon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Filemons (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Filemon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Filemon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.