girls:
338 births since 1904
#5378 (6th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 1981
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
356 births since 1904
#7383 (5th percentile)
The name Nema is the #7,383 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 356 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,378 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 338 births since 1904. For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1981.
Nema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Nema is available in 48 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nema has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nema reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #588) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 21 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nema ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 19.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nema reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #688) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nema".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.2% confident that Nema is pronounced as NEE-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEH-muh, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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