Nehemias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-eh-MEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,547 for boys
Nehemias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God comforts”. In 2025 it ranked 1,547th for boys in the US (111 babies).
What does Nehemias mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Nehemiah
“God comforts”
Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, as told in the Book of Nehemiah.
Is Nehemias a girl's or a boy's name?
Nehemias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 111 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nehemias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,547th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 111 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 111 boys in the US were named Nehemias, making it the 1,547th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,788th. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Nehemias of any year since it first appeared, in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Nehemias in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehemias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,547 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,641 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 76 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 86 | #1,815 |
| 2020 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,625 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 89 | #1,739 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,944 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 68 | #1,998 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Nehemias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azariah, Musa, Ibrahim, Zamir, Alijah, Jeremias, Salem, Nasir, Abdiel, Zakariya, Muhammad, Asaiah
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, “Nehemias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nehemias, updated 20 October 2026.