Lemmie
Masculine
Lemmie is given to both — 666 boys and 150 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Lemmie is a familiar form registered as a name, held in the record mostly for sons, with a real minority of daughters. The biblical name it most likely shortens belongs to a king who appears once, to quote his mother.
How old is the name Lemmie?
Lemmie first appears in US birth records in 1889 — 136 years ago. The typical Lemmie alive today was born around 1931, making them about 94 years old. About 200 people named Lemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lemmie most popular?
Lemmie peaked in 1903, reaching #696 nationally. See the whole 1903 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lemmie
The last chapter of Proverbs opens by saying that these are the words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him — and then everything that follows is her speech. She warns him off drink and off spending himself on women, tells him to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, and then delivers the long acrostic poem about the capable woman that gets read at weddings and printed on cards. It is worth noticing who is speaking. The passage that has been used for three thousand years to describe what a wife should be is a queen's advice to her son about what to look for and how to behave, and the voice throughout is a woman's. Nobody knows who Lemuel was; no such king appears anywhere else.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Lemuel is Hebrew and is usually read as belonging to God, though the derivation is not secure. The name may equally shorten a surname or be an independent build. Registered alone, it points back to none of them, and the record holds it for children of both sexes.
Pronouncing Lemmie
LEM-ee
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The doubled m keeps the first vowel short, which is what separates this from a reading with a long e.
Nicknames for Lemmie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1889
- Most boys named
- 193121 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #696reached in 1903
- Change vs 1966
- −54.5%5 in 1988, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lemmies among us
people named Lemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lemmie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It works for a child of either sex, which the record confirms.
- Six letters with no silent ones make it simple to spell aloud.
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- Lemmy, Lemuel and Jemmie will all be written for it.
- It reads as a nickname, and people will ask what it stands for.
- Which longer name it belongs to is not recorded.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lemmies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Lemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lemmie in 2025?
- Lemmie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Lemmie with classmates?
- Lemmie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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