Nechemia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-kheh-MEE-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Nechemia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God comforts”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Nechemia mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Nehemiah
“God comforts”
Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, as told in the Book of Nehemiah.
Is Nechemia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nechemia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nechemia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Nechemia, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more boys named Nechemia than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nechemia in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nechemia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Nechemia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tadeo, Thiago, Ozias, Yeshua, Aziel, Ezra, Ezekiel, Jaziel, Azariah, Eliam, Hezekiah, Azriel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nechemia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nechemia, updated 20 October 2026.