Lem

Popularity Trends

The name Lem is the #6,445 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,297 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 16.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,318 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,297 births since 1880.

Lem has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Lem is available in 90 out of the 104 years between 1880 and 1983. 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, Lem reached its peak popularity in 1882, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #186) with 205 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 213 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lem".

1880 1983 18801983

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,297

Peak Births

Peak Year

1882

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

9.8%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#186

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lem", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Lem.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Lem's popularity from 1880 to 1986 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Lem at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Lem range from Effie at 95.1% correlation to May at 94.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 94.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Minnie with 159.9K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Myrtie with 4.4K births (100% girls).

Lem's share of births peaked at 213.4 births per million for boys in 1882. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (1% of peak) in 1961. In 1983, the most recent period with data, the name Lem had 3.2 births per million, 2% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Effie

44.3k

95.08% (very strong)

Augusta

18.2k

94.97% (very strong)

Mittie

6,297

94.56% (very strong)

Lizzie

39.4k

94.52% (very strong)

Addie

45.7k

94.40% (very strong)

Minnie

159.9k

94.34% (very strong)

Nannie

25.6k

94.31% (very strong)

Myrtie

4,401

94.30% (very strong)

Nettie

49.5k

94.27% (very strong)

Hattie

103.9k

94.15% (very strong)

Lula

85.4k

94.13% (very strong)

May

49.7k

94.11% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Lem

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lem. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Lem is pronounced as lehm, which has 1 syllables.

lehm

100.0%

lehm (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

L EH1 M

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Lem? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Lem. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Lem, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L EH1 M) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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