Nehemias
#1,550 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nehemias has been given to 1,891 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,550 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 111 recorded.
Babies named Nehemias, 2025
1 in 29,900
Nehemias over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Nehemias?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 29,900
- 111 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 15,400
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,550
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 20,703 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nehemias sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 20,703 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nehemias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nehemiass were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nehemias was born before 2016 — so the typical Nehemias is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 41.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 88.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,891
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 41.3% of all recorded uses (781).
Is Nehemias rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +98
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +246
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +227
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.29×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (111)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.3% average annual change
Spellings of Nehemias
Nehemias is not the most common spelling — Nehemiah is, with 75.9% against Nehemias's 6.6%.
Where Nehemias is used
Across 2016–2025, Nehemias was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 16,699 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Maryland1 in 8,333
- 2Florida1 in 11,111
- 3California1 in 14,286
- 4Georgia1 in 14,286
- 5New York1 in 14,286
- 6Massachusetts1 in 16,667
- 7Texas1 in 16,667
- 8New Jersey1 in 20,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Nehemias by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Nehemias
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nehemias
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.