girls:
33 births since 1892
#5683 (1st percentile)
boys:
300 births since 1913
#4286 (6th percentile)
overall:
333 births since 1892
#7406 (4th percentile)
The name Limmie is the #7,406 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 333 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,286 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 300 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,683 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1892.
Limmie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for girls and 1913 for boys). Birth data for Limmie is available in 43 out of the 126 years between 1892 and 2017 (42 years for boys and 6 years for girls). 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.
The name Limmie has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.1% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1913, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1892 to 1912), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (91.5% boys from 1913 to 2017).
For boys, Limmie reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #399) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 26 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
For girls, Limmie reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #509) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1892, with 22 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1926.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Limmie".
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