Unisex name · since 1914
Nemiah
Nemiah has 230 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 230
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nemiah sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 230 recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nemiah has been recorded 230 times among boys since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2024.
- #12,145 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 230 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nemiah ranks #12,145 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 230
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nemiah's 230 recorded births place it above 73.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nemiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nemiah splits its recorded history at 1944: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nemiah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Nemiah popularity over time - girls
80 total births recorded since 1999 (Nemiah as girls' name)
Nemiah by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (37 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Nemiah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Nemiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 37 births (16% of all-time use).
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- Nemiah's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- 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 Nemiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1914–2024 (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 Nemiah 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.