Neely*
#3,741 most common girls' name of all time · #6,403 across all names · 15% male / 85% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#3,741
Rank overall
#6,403 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
2,630
Since 2016
331
Peak year
1974 #1,372
Best rank
#1,372 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 82/yr
Neely first appears in 1888. 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 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,076 |
| 2024 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,163 |
| 2023 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,463 |
| 2022 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,257 |
| 2020 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,176 |
| 2019 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,014 |
| 2018 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,251 |
| 2017 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,008 |
| 2016 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,528 |
| 2015 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,920 |
| 2014 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,142 |
| 2013 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,272 |
| 2012 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,045 |
| 2011 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,353 |
| 2010 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,415 |
| 2009 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,259 |
| 2008 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,425 |
| 2007 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,129 |
| 2006 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,057 |
| 2005 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,529 |
| 2004 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,854 |
| 2003 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,092 |
| 2002 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,749 |
| 2001 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,372 |
| 2000 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,571 |
| 1999 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,999 |
| 1998 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,853 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,457 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,954 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,700 |
| 1994 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #4,535 |
| 1993 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,790 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,286 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,687 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,129 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,572 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,511 |
| 1987 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,861 |
| 1986 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,913 |
| 1985 | 24 | 6 | 30 | #3,532 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,686 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,446 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,296 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,570 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,350 |
| 1978 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,248 |
| 1977 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,740 |
| 1976 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,797 |
| 1975 | 56 | 5 | 61 | #1,696 |
| 1974 | 75 | 7 | 82 | #1,372 |
| 1973 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,988 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,825 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,559 |
| 1970 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #3,124 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,862 |
| 1968 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,891 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,396 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,519 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,639 |
| 1929 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,664 |
| 1928 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1927 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,462 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,339 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #2,960 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,693 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,605 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,454 |