Nemesis
Girl · NEM-uh-sis · Greek
Nemesis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “distribution of what is due”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nemesis mean?
Greek
“distribution of what is due”
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of retribution, who punished arrogance and excessive good fortune.
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- NEM-uh-sis
Is Nemesis a girl's or a boy's name?
Nemesis is a girls' name.
How popular is Nemesis in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Nemesis in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nemesis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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