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Nechama

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Nechama is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 135 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1350.01% of girls
Peak year
2022138 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1950
3,908people given the name
Babies named Nechama, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,908 girls have been named Nechama in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 138 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 26%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Nechama
1950s17
1960s61
1970s265
1980s434
1990s588
2000s858
2010s1,030
2020s655

In 2022, its biggest year

Nechama was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Nechama

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.