Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nehemias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,891
- 1,891 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 111
- #1,550 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 111 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,550 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,642 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nehemias’s family of names
In Latin usage, Nehemias has a related form in Nehemia. In Basque usage, Nehemias has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nehemia. In Latin usage, Nehemias has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Неемия.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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