Nemiah
Boy · neh-MY-uh · Hebrew
Nemiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comforted by God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nemiah mean?
Hebrew: probably a shortened form of Nehemiah
“comforted by God”
Nehemiah was the Jewish governor who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, as told in the Book of Nehemiah.
- Say it
- neh-MY-uh
Is Nemiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nemiah is a boys' name.
How popular is Nemiah in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Nemiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nemiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
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