Lemon
Lemon was the 4616th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3237th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,870 places. More babies were named Lemon in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,616 girls, down 1,036 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202150 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,430babies recorded
Lemon popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,616 | — | 30 | — |
| 2020 | #3,580 | — | 42 | — |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #5,142 | — | 5 |
| 1960 | — | #3,882 | — | 6 |
| 1950 | — | #3,526 | — | 6 |
| 1940 | — | #2,043 | — | 13 |
| 1930 | — | #1,381 | — | 28 |
| 1920 | — | #1,530 | — | 25 |
| 1910 | — | #964 | — | 12 |
| 1900 | — | #876 | — | 10 |
| 1890 | — | #850 | — | 7 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Lemon, counting every spelling?
Lemon has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lemon?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lemon (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lemon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lemon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lemon?
About 300 people born in the US named Lemon are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Lemon a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lemon by state
How common Lemon was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lemon: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lemon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lemon
How popular is the name Lemon?
Lemon was the 4616th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3237th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,870 places. More babies were named Lemon in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lemon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lemon in the US.
Where is Lemon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lemon was most common in Tennessee (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.