Nehemias
Nehemias is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 103 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1030.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024103 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1968
- 1,780people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,780 boys have been named Nehemias in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 103 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Nehemias was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Nehemias
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessiahpeak 2020
- Phoenixpeak 2020
- Adielpeak 2021
- Abdielpeak 2019
- Thatcherpeak 2021
- Sorenpeak 2020
- Audenpeak 2020
- Kianpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.