Lem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lem

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,297 babies named Lem between 1880 and 1983, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lem performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Lem in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lem 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 1,297 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.