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How popular is “Lem” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lem” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lem” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lem” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lem” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lem” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lem” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lem” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 19 0.000098605 19 -100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 -100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 23 0.000068785 23 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 16 0.000044757 16 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 -100%
1899 16 0.000047165 16 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 39 0.000019434 39 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 -100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%

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