Nehemiah
- #5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births
- #429 for boys in 2025, 743 births
- Given to boys 97.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 933 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,804since 1886
Nehemiah over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nehemiah has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 7 boys in 1886 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | #429 | 743 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #426 | 742 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #430 | 725 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #446 | 697 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #406 | 765 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #377 | 820 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #369 | 863 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | #395 | 803 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #370 | 895 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #358 | 930 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #362 | 909 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #360 | 889 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #343 | 931 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #342 | 906 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #347 | 867 |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | #336 | 933 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #360 | 853 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #358 | 871 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #361 | 876 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #360 | 826 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #466 | 545 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #579 | 385 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #600 | 355 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #652 | 288 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #685 | 263 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #695 | 254 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #867 | 174 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #827 | 179 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,013 | 126 |
| 1996 | — | #1,021 | 122 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,211 | 90 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,266 | 80 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,135 | 94 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,183 | 88 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,318 | 71 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,362 | 65 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,373 | 57 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,101 | 76 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,094 | 73 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,066 | 75 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,033 | 74 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,028 | 74 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,006 | 81 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,077 | 71 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,187 | 59 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,137 | 62 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
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| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Nehemiah! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nehemiah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#203 · 1 in 589
- Virginia#269 · 1 in 1,164
- Georgia#279 · 1 in 1,141
- West Virginia#299 · 1 in 1,026
- Washington#309 · 1 in 1,367
Best ever in a state: #97 in New Mexico, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Virginia | #269 | 32 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Georgia | #279 | 44 | 1 in 1,141 |
| West Virginia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Washington | #309 | 24 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Nevada | #323 | 9 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Texas | #326 | 114 | 1 in 1,536 |
| Maryland | #330 | 16 | 1 in 1,431 |
| North Carolina | #356 | 32 | 1 in 1,608 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Florida | #361 | 54 | 1 in 1,769 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Massachusetts | #378 | 13 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Colorado | #398 | 15 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Tennessee | #398 | 20 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Alabama | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 1,594 |
| Arizona | #412 | 18 | 1 in 1,818 |
| South Carolina | #414 | 12 | 1 in 1,767 |
| California | #433 | 74 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Pennsylvania | #458 | 22 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Oklahoma | #464 | 9 | 1 in 1,965 |
| New Jersey | #469 | 16 | 1 in 2,485 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Minnesota | #511 | 10 | 1 in 2,450 |
| Indiana | #512 | 13 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Kansas | #524 | 6 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| New York | #601 | 25 | 1 in 3,377 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Illinois | #870 | 9 | 1 in 5,506 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nehemiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 52 spots since 2020 (#377 → #429)
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 40 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2010 at #336 (933 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,032
- Highest: 1 in 2,032 boys born in 2013 were named Nehemiah (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,299 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #336 in 2010, was only 1 in 2,056 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 40.9% of all boys named Nehemiah (8,926) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #758 (1886) | #758 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,205 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,457 (1920) | #1,915 |
| 1930s | 128 | #1,584 (1932) | #2,213 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,738 (1944) | #2,266 |
| 1950s | 146 | #1,592 (1953) | #2,262 |
| 1960s | 132 | #1,659 (1963) | #2,404 |
| 1970s | 235 | #1,137 (1979) | #2,257 |
| 1980s | 705 | #1,006 (1982) | #1,133 |
| 1990s | 1,137 | #827 (1998) | #1,089 |
| 2000s | 5,516 | #358 (2008) | #512 |
| 2010s | 8,926 | #336 (2010) | #358 |
| 2020s | 4,492 | #377 (2020) | #419 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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