Nemesis

Girl · recorded 1979–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1996best year

Most popular in 1996.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nemesis.

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

04819791990200120122023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Nemesis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19906
19914
19923
19935
19944
19953
19968
19975
19984
19995
20004
20034
20046
20053
20063
20074
20133
20154
20163
20203
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nemesis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
6
Rank in 2023
#13,462
How rare
1 in 267,430 girls
Since 1979
166

Nemesis was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1996, at 8 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nemesis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.