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Neila

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Neila is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
360.00% of girls
Peak year
200947 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1900
1,370people given the name
Babies named Neila, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,370 girls have been named Neila in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 47 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2010s alone account for 22%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Neila
1900s5
1910s6
1920s37
1930s79
1940s149
1950s170
1960s77
1970s74
1980s40
1990s64
2000s250
2010s298
2020s121

In 2009, its biggest year

Neila was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.

Names that rose and fell with Neila

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.