Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Neala

#9,924 most common girls' name of all time · #16,509 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1938–2025

Rank among girls
#9,924
Rank overall
#16,509 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
595
Since 2016
117
Peak year
2009 #4,033
Best rank
#3,663 1947
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19401960198020002020

Neala first appears in 1938. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #11,092
2024 9 — 9 #10,406
2023 6 — 6 #13,684
2022 10 — 10 #9,791
2021 10 — 10 #9,697
2020 10 — 10 #9,666
2019 10 — 10 #9,859
2018 15 — 15 #7,483
2017 20 — 20 #6,083
2016 19 — 19 #6,456
2015 34 — 34 #4,241
2014 28 — 28 #4,915
2013 30 — 30 #4,671
2012 26 — 26 #5,281
2011 29 — 29 #4,831
2010 18 — 18 #6,964
2009 38 — 38 #4,033
2008 27 — 27 #5,310
2007 15 — 15 #8,169
2006 25 — 25 #5,423
2005 19 — 19 #6,303
2004 12 — 12 #8,812
2003 7 — 7 #12,601
2001 7 — 7 #12,268
1990 6 — 6 #11,650
1989 6 — 6 #11,140
1984 6 — 6 #9,394
1977 9 — 9 #6,481
1976 5 — 5 #9,694
1973 9 — 9 #5,744
1971 5 — 5 #8,708
1966 7 — 7 #5,513
1965 7 — 7 #5,542
1962 6 — 6 #6,206
1959 11 — 11 #3,956
1957 5 — 5 #6,575
1956 8 — 8 #4,698
1955 5 — 5 #6,345
1954 7 — 7 #4,989
1953 5 — 5 #6,161
1952 8 — 8 #4,374
1949 7 — 7 #4,564
1947 10 — 10 #3,663
1946 5 — 5 #5,496
1945 5 — 5 #5,107
1944 5 — 5 #5,084
1942 6 — 6 #4,560
1940 5 — 5 #4,943
1938 5 — 5 #4,975