Nehemyah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nee-ah-MY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Nehemyah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God comforts”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Nehemyah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Nehemiah
“God comforts”
Variant of Nehemiah, the Persian king's cupbearer who led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls.
Is Nehemyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nehemyah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nehemyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Nehemyah, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Nehemyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehemyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
Names like Nehemyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asaiah, Musa, Azariah, Zamir, Azaiah, Zayd, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Zahir, Muhammad, Salem, Abdullah
Names related to Nehemyah
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, “Nehemyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nehemyah, updated 20 October 2026.