Neela
#5,720 most common girls' name of all time · #9,679 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#5,720
Rank overall
#9,679 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,374
Since 2016
450
Peak year
2007 #1,995
Best rank
#1,995 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 103/yr
Neela first appears in 1972. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,314 |
| 2024 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2023 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2022 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,557 |
| 2021 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,043 |
| 2020 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2019 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,099 |
| 2018 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,030 |
| 2017 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,323 |
| 2016 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,045 |
| 2015 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,944 |
| 2014 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,097 |
| 2013 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,099 |
| 2012 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,438 |
| 2011 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,811 |
| 2010 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,656 |
| 2009 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,302 |
| 2008 | 93 | — | 93 | #2,161 |
| 2007 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,995 |
| 2006 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,615 |
| 2005 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,339 |
| 2004 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,656 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,703 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,584 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,606 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,786 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,405 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,221 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,753 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,818 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,537 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,869 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,947 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,668 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,910 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,574 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,712 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,913 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,508 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,340 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,220 |