Boys' name · since 2010
Nechemya
Nechemya has 29 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,513 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
29 babies have been named Nechemya since 2010, making it today's #11513 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Nechemya recorded 29 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #11513 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #26,165 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,513 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nechemya ranks #26,165 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,513 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,513 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nechemya's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nechemya compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nechemya's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nechemya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nechemya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nechemya's full recorded timeline at 2018, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nechemya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #11513 among boys.
29 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7 births in a single year.
Nechemya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Nechemya's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Nechemya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
Nechemya decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Nechemya's data
- Nechemya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nechemya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nechemya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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