boys:
561 births since 1970
#4025 (12th percentile)
overall:
561 births since 1970
#7178 (7th percentile)
The name Kemuel is the #7,178 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 561 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,025 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 561 births since 1970.
Kemuel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970). Birth data for Kemuel is available in 44 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kemuel reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #888) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kemuel ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 55.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kemuel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kemuel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.0% confident that Kemuel is pronounced as KEH-myue-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-myue-EHL, at 30.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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