Neko*
#4,189 most common boys' name of all time · #10,270 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1968–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,189
Rank overall
#10,270 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,248
Since 2016
404
Peak year
2021 #2,446
Best rank
#2,446 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 63/yr
Neko first appears in 1968. 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 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,408 |
| 2024 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #4,011 |
| 2023 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #3,513 |
| 2022 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 8 | 55 | 63 | #2,446 |
| 2020 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #3,157 |
| 2019 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #4,047 |
| 2018 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #4,028 |
| 2017 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #3,535 |
| 2016 | 13 | 31 | 44 | #3,544 |
| 2015 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #3,621 |
| 2014 | 14 | 33 | 47 | #3,323 |
| 2013 | 11 | 38 | 49 | #2,980 |
| 2012 | 10 | 49 | 59 | #2,530 |
| 2011 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #3,729 |
| 2010 | 18 | 35 | 53 | #3,198 |
| 2009 | 19 | 38 | 57 | #3,066 |
| 2008 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #3,775 |
| 2007 | 10 | 35 | 45 | #3,213 |
| 2006 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #4,427 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,124 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #4,180 |
| 2003 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,329 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,214 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,749 |
| 2000 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,578 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,142 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,915 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,773 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,702 |
| 1995 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,383 |
| 1994 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,177 |
| 1993 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,328 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,507 |
| 1991 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,176 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,396 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,163 |
| 1988 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,826 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,879 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,915 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | — |