Nehemiah
Rank in 2025
#5099
recorded as girls
#429
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
768
girls 25 · boys 743
Peak year
2013
931 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
22,439
since 1886
Born a Nehemiah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nehemiah was most popular in 2013, when 931 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.49 per 1,000). In 2025, 743 babies were named Nehemiah, ranking #429 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 5099 | 743 | 429 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7251 | 742 | 426 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5960 | 725 | 430 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4108 | 697 | 446 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4607 | 765 | 406 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5487 | 820 | 377 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6176 | 863 | 369 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5315 | 803 | 395 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4811 | 895 | 370 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5445 | 930 | 358 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6036 | 909 | 362 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4350 | 889 | 360 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4755 | 931 | 343 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5114 | 906 | 342 |
| 2011 | 25 | 5358 | 867 | 347 |
| 2010 | 36 | 4107 | 933 | 336 |
| 2009 | 20 | 6544 | 853 | 360 |
| 2008 | 23 | 5955 | 871 | 358 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8098 | 876 | 361 |
| 2006 | 25 | 5383 | 826 | 360 |
| 2005 | 22 | 5600 | 545 | 466 |
| 2004 | 21 | 5744 | 385 | 579 |
| 2003 | 27 | 4668 | 355 | 600 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7045 | 288 | 652 |
| 2001 | 21 | 5364 | 263 | 685 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7580 | 254 | 695 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | 174 | 867 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | 179 | 827 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 126 | 1013 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 122 | 1021 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 113 | 1053 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 90 | 1211 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 80 | 1266 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 94 | 1135 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 88 | 1183 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 71 | 1318 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 65 | 1362 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 57 | 1373 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 76 | 1101 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 73 | 1094 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 75 | 1066 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 74 | 1033 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 74 | 1028 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 81 | 1006 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 71 | 1077 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 59 | 1187 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 62 | 1137 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 20 | 2279 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 25 | 1948 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 27 | 1828 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 25 | 1884 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 22 | 1983 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 17 | 2311 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 15 | 2464 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 12 | 2549 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 10 | 2735 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 16 | 1974 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 23 | 1659 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 12 | 2364 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 16 | 2070 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 14 | 2210 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 20 | 1766 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 22 | 1676 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 17 | 1902 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 11 | 2449 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 23 | 1592 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 16 | 1939 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 13 | 2135 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 11 | 2321 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 18 | 1754 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 9 | 2393 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 16 | 1738 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 14 | 1946 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 16 | 1712 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 16 | 1741 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 15 | 1828 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 15 | 1829 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 20 | 1584 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 10 | 2471 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 11 | 2444 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 14 | 2096 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 13 | 2298 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 16 | 1981 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 20 | 1745 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 22 | 1675 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 22 | 1644 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 18 | 1904 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 26 | 1457 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 22 | 1576 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 12 | 2398 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 10 | 2562 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 12 | 2259 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 12 | 2184 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 9 | 1746 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 7 | 1387 |
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| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 7 | 758 |
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Where Nehemiah is most popular
- New Mexico4.1×
- Colorado1.6×
- Oklahoma1.5×
- Georgia1.4×
- Maryland1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 3% · boys 97% across all years