Boys' name · since 2009

Nehorai

Nehorai has 32 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#25,456 of 45,481
all-time among boys
32
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

32 boys have been named Nehorai since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Nehorai has 32 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2017.

  • #25,456 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 32 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nehorai ranks #25,456 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#25,456 of 45,481
all-time among boys
32
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nehorai's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Nehorai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Nehorai's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Nehorai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
10
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4681012 20092011201220132017 6

Nehorai by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 81% of the file).

2010s was Nehorai's strongest decade.

26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.

Nehorai births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (81% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nehorai?
Nehorai has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #25,456 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2017. 10 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
Where does Nehorai sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nehorai ranks #25,456 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nehorai most popular?
Nehorai was most popular in the 2010s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Nehorai been used?
Nehorai has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 9 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Nehorai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nehemiah, Nehemias, Nehan, Nehemyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nehorai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2017 (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 Nehorai 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.