# Nehemiah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nehemiah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “consolation of yahweh” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,439 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,804 / 635 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 508, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

## What it means

Nehemiah is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,496 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,209 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,849 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,425 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,188 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,563 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,895 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,415 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,356 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,611 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,178 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,106 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,496 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,189 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 867 | 348 |
| 2012 | 906 | 342 |
| 2013 | 931 | 343 |
| 2014 | 889 | 360 |
| 2015 | 909 | 362 |
| 2016 | 930 | 358 |
| 2017 | 895 | 370 |
| 2018 | 803 | 396 |
| 2019 | 863 | 370 |
| 2020 | 820 | 377 |
| 2021 | 765 | 406 |
| 2022 | 697 | 447 |
| 2023 | 725 | 430 |
| 2024 | 742 | 426 |
| 2025 | 743 | 429 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 34 | 874 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Նեեմիա
- Czech: Nehemiáš
- Danish: Nehemias
- Dutch: Nehemia
- Estonian: Nehemja
- Finnish: Nehemia
- French: Néhémie
- Georgian: ნეემია
- German: Nehemia
- Greek: Νεεμίας
- Hungarian: Nehémiás
- Icelandic: Nehemía
- Indonesian: Nehemia
- Irish: Nihimiá
- Italian: Neemia
- Japanese: ネヘミヤ
- Latin: Nehemiae
- Latvian: Nehemija
- Lithuanian: Nehemija
- Norwegian: Nehemja

## People named Nehemiah

- Nehemiah Persoff, American actor and painter (1919–2022)
- Nehemiah R. Knight, American politician (1780-1854)
- Nehemiah Green, American politician (1837-1890)
- SpotemGottem, American rapper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.