Name profile

Nemo

A name meaning "nobody".

PronunciationEnglish /ˈniː.moʊ/
Usage languagesItalian, Latin, Literature
US rank (2021)#8,825

Meaning and history

Nemo means “nobody” in Latin. The name was used by Jules Verne for the captain of the Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and later for the title character, a fish, in the 2003 animated film Finding Nemo.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20022002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
20072007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
20122012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: 5 births, rank #12,086
2016: 6 births, rank #10,744
20172017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 7 births, rank #9,554
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825

In 2021, 8 babies were recorded with the name Nemo, ranking #8,825 among boys.