Nechuma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-KHOO-muh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Nechuma is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort, consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Nechuma mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pronunciation of Nechama, from Hebrew nechama
“comfort, consolation”
Is Nechuma a girl's or a boy's name?
Nechuma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nechuma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nechuma, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Nechuma in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nechuma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Nechuma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi Niomi Nayomi Kobi Chiara Zuri Demi Kayomi Chizaram Amora Kamora Kyomi
Names related to Nechuma
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Nechuma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nechuma, updated 20 October 2026.