Is Lemon a boy or girl name?

Lemon is a unisex name. Of the 1,430 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 25.1% were girls and 74.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2016, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Lemon

Recorded 1882–2025 · United States

Lemon was most popular in 2021, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,590 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,430 people named Lemon.

Lemon over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lemon’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lemon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lemon is a unisex name — 25.1% of the 1,430 Americans given it were girls and 74.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2016 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. 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.

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