Lemoyne — boys' name
357 babies named Lemoyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Lemoyne was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lemoyne in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lemoyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 357 babies named Lemoyne between 1912 and 1981, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lemoyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Lemoyne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 62 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lemoyne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lemoyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lemoyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lemoyne 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 357 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.
Lemoyne at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lemoyne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1912
- Peak year (1923)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
357 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 18 births in a single year.
Lemoyne popularity over time — girls
62 total births recorded since 1918 (Lemoyne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lemoyne accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lemoyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 112 births that decade — 31% of Lemoyne's all-time total
Lemoyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lemoyne's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Lemoyne by state
Where Lemoyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nebraska | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 357 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Nebraska 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Nebraska accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.