Nechama

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nechama: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nechama: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,952 in 2004, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1952highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#1952
2005	#2682
2006	#5061
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2009	#2759
2010	#2843
2011	#3185
2012	#2521
2013	#4739
2014	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#2966
2018	#2674
2019	#3541
2020	#3899
2021	#2499
2022	#2325
2023	#3218
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nechama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nechama in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	59	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nechama appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004.

Nechama's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,952, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elkie · #1952, 27y
Risha · #1952, 27y
Farris · #1953, 26y
Kartik · #1951, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elkie · #1952, 27y
Risha · #1952, 27y
Wasima · #1952, 10y
Farris · #1953, 26y

Nechama and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nechama without appearing here.

Nechama moved ahead of

Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Nechama

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Selma Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1952 and #2112 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #1082.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #2233.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #2340.

Moved the opposite way to Nechama

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nechama went from #1952 to #2771 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Nechama

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nechama went from #4739 to #2771 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nechama went from #4739 to #2771 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nechama

Nechama at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nechama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nechama appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nechama and the names beside it

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Nechama at a glance

Nechama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nechama appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nechama and the names beside it

Nechama moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nechama

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