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Baby name
Lemuel
Boy
Origin of the name
Lemuel is a Hebrew name, “devoted to God.” In the Book of Proverbs, Lemuel is a king.
Classic name
9,965births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 510rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Lemuel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lemuel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lemuel is most common in North Carolina (5.7 times), Virginia (3.6) and Georgia (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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