How Many People Are Named Nehemiah?
people named Nehemiah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,439 babies named Nehemiah in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
969 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "comforted by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nehemiah, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nehemiah alive today is about 14 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nehemiah first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 2010, to 969 babies. In 2025, 768 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nehemiah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #336, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #429.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #429 |
| Best rank | #336 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #363 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nehemiah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nehemiah were born in California than in any other state: about 2,358 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nehemiah was given 2.9 times as often in New Mexico, 1.7 times in District of Columbia and 1.6 times in Georgia.
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