Girls' name · since 1995
Nechuma
167 babies named Nechuma in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,360 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
167 babies have been named Nechuma since 1995, making it today's #11360 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nechuma has been recorded 167 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #11360 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #21,677 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,360 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 167 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nechuma ranks #21,677 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,360 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 167 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,360 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nechuma's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Nechuma compares
167 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nechuma's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nechuma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 167 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nechuma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nechuma's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nechuma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Nechuma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (70 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Nechuma's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Nechuma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 70 births (42% of all-time use).
Nechuma by state
Where Nechuma concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 130 | 77.8% |
130 of 167 births nationwide.
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What to do with Nechuma's data
- Nechuma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (70 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Nechumas (130 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nechuma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Nechuma 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.