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Kemuel

100% boys · 27 born in 2025

Kemuel has been given to about 612 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2017, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 591
Median age today14 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kemuel per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2017 · 31
  • Born in 202527
  • All time612
  • England & Wales, 20253

How popular is Kemuel?

Its best year was 2017, when 31 babies were given the name, ranking 3553rd. The typical living American called Kemuel is about 14 years old today.

Names that sound like Kemuel

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lemuel0.88
  2. Samuel0.70
  3. Shmuel0.70
  4. Emanuel0.64
  5. Emmanuel0.63
  6. Kendell0.62
  7. Manuel0.57
  8. Miguel0.57

Middle names for Kemuel

Ranked by flow score
  1. Kemuel Paul0.77
  2. Kemuel John0.77
  3. Kemuel Blake0.76
  4. Kemuel Wade0.76
  5. Kemuel Ross0.76
  6. Kemuel Quinn0.76

Sibling names for Kemuel

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bryerbrother · 0.86
  2. Yousefbrother · 0.86
  3. Mustafabrother · 0.85
  4. Andiesister · 0.85
  5. Soleilsister · 0.84
  6. Ayasister · 0.84

Where Kemuel is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Kemuel Anderson0.77
    2. Kemuel White0.72
    3. Kemuel Nguyen0.72
    4. Kemuel Moore0.72
    5. Kemuel Hill0.72
    6. Kemuel Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Kemuel

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.