NameTides

Nechama

Nechama was the #1,684 girls' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Nechama as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nechama as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Nechama as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,684 (122)#3,705 (6)—
2024#1,568 (135)#2,772 (9)—
2023#1,569 (135)#3,219 (7)#3,290 (5)
2022#1,548 (138)#2,325 (11)—
2021#1,652 (126)#2,499 (10)#2,616 (7)
2020#1,687 (121)#3,899 (5)#2,591 (7)
2019#1,919 (103)#3,541 (6)#2,872 (6)
2018#1,727 (119)#2,674 (9)—
2017#2,320 (79)—#2,609 (7)
2016#1,841 (112)#2,966 (8)—
2015#1,770 (118)#2,705 (9)#3,286 (5)
2014#1,830 (111)#3,160 (7)#2,905 (6)
2013#1,939 (102)#4,739 (4)—
2012#2,265 (83)#2,521 (10)#3,334 (5)
2011#1,857 (108)#3,185 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,548.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nechama is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nechama by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #149NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nechama (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NechamaCanadaGirls—too few
NechamaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
NechamaUSGirls#1,684122