Lemuel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lemuel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lemuel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #577, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#577highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#1485
1999	#1281
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#1799
2003	#2189
2004	#2070
2005	#3208
2006	#1643
2007	#1440
2008	#1828
2009	#2126
2010	#2199
2011	#1600
2012	#1756
2013	#1339
2014	#1819
2015	#1673
2016	#1804
2017	#2052
2018	#1533
2019	#1655
2020	#1548
2021	#2493
2022	#1420
2023	#1610
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1600 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2025
Highest recorded position: #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2011–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lemuel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 300 births with the name.

Lemuel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lemuel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1281 (1999)	#1951 (2024)	28 of 29	300 (1996–2024)	18 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#730 (2011)	#577 (2025)	#577 (2025)	2 of 15	8 (2011–2025)	5 (2025)

Lemuel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lemuel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	77	10 of 10	8
2010s	134	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lemuel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Lemuel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #577, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lelia · #325, 19y
Lena · #20, 81y
Lenard · #2921, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aren · #577, 27y
Yassin · #577, 30y
Anabel · #576, 29y
Chisom · #576, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aren · #577, 27y
Rowen · #577, 30y
Shaan · #577, 29y
Yassin · #577, 30y

Lemuel was ranked #577 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lemuel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lemuel without appearing here.

Lemuel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1440 and #4333.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Lemuel

Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #1347.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #1207.

Moved the opposite way to Lemuel

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #2863 to #1610 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #2863 to #1610 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #2863 to #1610 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #2863 to #1420 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Lemuel

Arne Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #1281 to #1951 and Arne from #2425 to #3688.
Madison Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lemuel went from #1281 to #1951 and Madison from #1505 to #3688.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lemuel

Lemuel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lemuel across 2 official records

Lemuel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lemuel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lemuel at a glance

Lemuel across 2 official records

Lemuel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lemuel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lemuel

Lemuel and the names beside it

Lemuel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lemuel

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Moved the same way as Lemuel