Is Lemmie a boy or girl name?

Lemmie is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 816 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 18.4% were girls and 81.6% were boys.

Name Legacy

Lemmie

Recorded 1889–2023 · United States

Lemmie was most popular in 1917, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,579 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 816 people named Lemmie.

Lemmie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lemmie’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lemmie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lemmie is mostly a boy’s name — 18.4% of the 816 Americans given it were girls and 81.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Lemmie

Explore further

See Lemmie on the interactive charts

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