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Nehemiah

Nehemiah is a boy's name meaning "comforted by God". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Since 1900, roughly 16,043 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

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EtymologyMeaning "comforted by God"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
95
1920s
182
1930s
128
1940s
103
1950s
146
1960s
132
1970s
235
1980s
705
1990s
1,157
2000s
5,716
2010s
7,444
Peaked in the 2010s · 16,043 total U.S. births since 1900