Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nehemiah

#781 most common boys' name of all time · #1,755 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among boys
#781
Rank overall
#1,755 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
22,439
Since 2016
8,224
Peak year
2010 #336
Best rank
#336 2010
Girls Boys peak 969/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nehemiah first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 25 743 768 #430
2024 15 742 757 #426
2023 20 725 745 #431
2022 35 697 732 #446
2021 29 765 794 #406
2020 22 820 842 #378
2019 19 863 882 #369
2018 24 803 827 #395
2017 28 895 923 #370
2016 24 930 954 #358
2015 21 909 930 #362
2014 33 889 922 #360
2013 29 931 960 #343
2012 27 906 933 #342
2011 25 867 892 #347
2010 36 933 969 #336
2009 20 853 873 #360
2008 23 871 894 #358
2007 15 876 891 #361
2006 25 826 851 #360
2005 22 545 567 #466
2004 21 385 406 #580
2003 27 355 382 #600
2002 15 288 303 #652
2001 21 263 284 #686
2000 13 254 267 #695
1999 7 174 181 #868
1998 8 179 187 #828
1997 6 126 132 #1,013
1996 — 122 122 #1,021
1995 — 113 113 #1,057
1994 — 90 90 #1,214
1993 — 80 80 #1,267
1992 — 94 94 #1,136
1991 — 88 88 #1,184
1990 — 71 71 #1,318
1989 — 65 65 #1,363
1988 — 57 57 #1,380
1987 — 76 76 #1,102
1986 — 73 73 #1,095
1985 — 75 75 #1,070
1984 — 74 74 #1,036
1983 — 74 74 #1,030
1982 — 81 81 #1,007
1981 — 71 71 #1,078
1980 — 59 59 #1,193
1979 — 62 62 #1,143
1978 — 20 20 #2,298
1977 — 25 25 #1,966
1976 — 27 27 #1,839
1975 — 25 25 #1,898
1974 — 22 22 #1,996
1973 — 17 17 #2,330
1972 — 6 6 #4,498
1971 — 15 15 #2,485
1970 — 16 16 #2,322
1969 — 12 12 #2,584
1968 — 10 10 #2,767
1967 — 16 16 #1,990
1966 — 10 10 #2,663
1965 — 6 6 #3,585
1964 — 13 13 #2,338
1963 — 23 23 #1,668
1962 — 12 12 #2,404
1961 — 16 16 #2,093
1960 — 14 14 #2,235
1959 — 7 7 #3,344
1958 — 20 20 #1,791
1957 — 6 6 #3,629
1956 — 22 22 #1,693
1955 — 17 17 #1,922
1954 — 11 11 #2,475
1953 — 23 23 #1,599
1952 — 16 16 #1,960
1951 — 13 13 #2,166
1950 — 11 11 #2,346
1949 — 18 18 #1,776
1947 — 10 10 #2,549
1946 — 9 9 #2,573
1945 — 9 9 #2,437
1944 — 16 16 #1,765
1943 — 9 9 #2,608
1942 — 14 14 #1,980
1941 — 9 9 #2,536
1940 — 9 9 #2,524
1939 — 16 16 #1,741
1938 — 16 16 #1,768
1937 — 15 15 #1,853
1936 — 7 7 #2,910
1935 — 5 5 #3,711
1934 — 13 13 #2,049
1933 — 15 15 #1,860
1932 — 20 20 #1,607
1931 — 10 10 #2,521
1930 — 11 11 #2,490
1929 — 14 14 #2,136
1928 — 10 10 #2,694
1927 — 13 13 #2,326
1926 — 16 16 #2,012
1925 — 20 20 #1,769
1924 — 22 22 #1,697
1923 — 22 22 #1,665
1922 — 21 21 #1,718
1921 — 18 18 #1,934
1920 — 26 26 #1,481
1919 — 22 22 #1,595
1918 — 12 12 #2,425
1917 — 10 10 #2,601
1916 — 12 12 #2,302
1915 — 12 12 #2,214
1914 — 6 6 #2,979
1913 — 5 5 #2,894
1912 — 9 9 #1,796
1911 — 7 7 #1,472
1886 — 7 7 #840