Hemi comes from the Maori tradition, meaning Short form of 'Hemi' is 'Hemorrhage'..
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How popular is Hemi?
2023peak year
Today, Hemi is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7497), with only about 16 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2023, 16 babies were given the name (ranked #5752 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Hemi has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 281 babies have been registered as Hemi since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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