Nema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
Nema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessing, grace”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nema mean?
Arabic: probably a spelling of Ni'ma
“blessing, grace”
Is Nema a girl's or a boy's name?
Nema is a girls' name.
How popular is Nema in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Nema in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
Names like Nema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stella Nora Emma Ella Nina Ada Willa Lyla Eva Vera Lena Nola
Names related to Nema
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Nema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nema, updated 20 October 2026.