Neela
Neela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 54 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 540.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007103 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,326people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,326 girls have been named Neela in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 103 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 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Neela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Neela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Irelynpeak 2008
- Beautifulpeak 2008
- Sanaipeak 2008
- Azulpeak 2008
- Dayrapeak 2007
- Sayuripeak 2007
- Jerseypeak 2010
- Nevaehpeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
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.