Nechama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-KHAH-ma
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,684 for girls
Nechama is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort, consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,684th for girls in the US (122 babies).
What does Nechama mean?
Hebrew
“comfort, consolation”
Nechama Leibowitz was a renowned 20th-century Israeli Bible scholar and teacher.
Is Nechama a girl's or a boy's name?
Nechama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 122 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nechama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nechama, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Nechama than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nechama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Nechama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Nechama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,684th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 122 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were named Nechama, making it the 1,684th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 138 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
2025 had fewer girls named Nechama than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nechama in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nechama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,684 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,568 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,569 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 118 | #1,770 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,265 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,857 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,077 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 100 | #2,054 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 75 | #2,257 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,994 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
Names like Nechama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Amara, Khadija, Eliana, Sienna, Maryam, Aisha, Amina, Raya, Ayla, Hawa, Syeda
Names related to Nechama
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nechama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nechama, updated 20 October 2026.