Is Filemon a boy or girl name?

Filemon is a boy’s name. Of the 514 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Filemon

Recorded 1917–2022 · United States

Filemon was most popular in 1928, when 13 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,379 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 514 people named Filemon.

Filemon over time

Births per year. The dot marks Filemon’s peak in 1928. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Filemon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Filemon is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 514 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org