Lemon
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lemon has been given to 1,430 babies in the U.S. since 1882. 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 1927, with 30 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% boys, 25% girls all-time.
Babies named Lemon, 1992
1 in 768,000
Lemon over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lemon over time
In 2025, Lemon went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lemon?
Lemon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1992
- 1 in 768,000
- 5 of 3,839,369 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 399,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1992
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 532,251 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lemon sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 532,251 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lemon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lemons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lemon was born before 1927 — so the typical Lemon is around 98 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 21.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 5.1%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 183
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 21.3% of all recorded uses (228).
Is Lemon 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 1927 (30)
- Years since peak
- 98
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.5% average annual change
Spellings of Lemon
Lemon is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 22.5% against Lemon's 0.09%.
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.
Where Lemon is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lemon was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 212,309 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 100,000
- 2Georgia1 in 100,000
- 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 4Louisiana1 in —
- 5North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lemon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lemon is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lemon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,091,770 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Tennessee1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lemon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lemon by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Lemon
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lemon
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.