Lemoine

Boys' name

The monk

Lemoine has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1926, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lemoine, 1956

1 in 824,000

Lemoine over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lemoine: meaning, origin, and history

The monk

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lemoine means

Lemoine means “the monk”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lemoine is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /lə.ˈmɔɪn/ for Lemoine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 109 boys were recorded with the name Lemoine between 1917 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1926; its best national rank was #2,594 in 1937.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Lemoine?

Lemoine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1956: 1 in 824,000; 5 of 4,122,003 births
Among boys only: 1 in 423,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1956: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 571,432 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lemoine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1956 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 571,432 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lemoine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lemoines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lemoine was born before 1926 — so the typical Lemoine is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 27.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Lemoine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1926 (10)
Years since peak: 99; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,594; 1937

Spellings of Lemoine

Lemoine is not the most common spelling — Lemon is, with 42.4% against Lemoine's 4.3%.

Lemon42.4%1,071
Lemont27.0%682
Lemmie26.3%666
Lemoine4.3%109

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lemoine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,594; 1937
Peak year: 1926; 10 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1956
All-time count: 109
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lemoine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lemonte Lemmy Lemario Lemond Genuine Lemoyne Karmine Lemarion Jazmine Lemual Dustine Yassine Austine Xaine Jemaine Lamine Destine Earline Lemari Delaine Lemarcus Yacine Arvine Lemanuel

Sibling names for Lemoine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Berta Delma Allene Darline Concepcion Easter Pearline Ima

For a brother

Jewel Napoleon Raymon Domenick Hosea Rollin Wilburn Wilford

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