Nehemiah
Nehemiah is ranked 426th among boys in 2024 (739 births). Its best rank was 336th, in 2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #426up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7390.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2010932 births
- Best rank
- #336in 2010
- Since 1886
- 21,655people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,045 boys have been named Nehemiah in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 932 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 360 → 426).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 610 girls have also been given it, 2.8% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nehemiah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 95 | |
| 1920s | 182 | |
| 1930s | 128 | |
| 1940s | 103 | |
| 1950s | 146 | |
| 1960s | 132 | |
| 1970s | 235 | |
| 1980s | 705 | |
| 1990s | 1,136 | |
| 2000s | 5,516 | |
| 2010s | 8,922 | |
| 2020s | 3,738 |
In 2010, its biggest year
Nehemiah was the 336th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.
Names that rose and fell with Nehemiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Amauripeak 2009
- Mikahpeak 2009
- Oskarpeak 2016
- Dashiellpeak 2015
- Taydenpeak 2009
- Bayronpeak 2009
- Cooperpeak 2024
- Canonpeak 2019
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.