Nemesis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nemesis

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Nemesis between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nemesis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nemesis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nemesis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nemesis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nemesis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 166 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.