Necha — girls' name
80 babies named Necha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Necha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Necha in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Necha
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Necha between 1976 and 2023, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Necha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Necha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Necha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Necha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Necha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Necha at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Necha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1976
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
80 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 10 births in a single year.
Necha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 33 births that decade — 41% of Necha's all-time total
Necha decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Necha's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Necha by state
Where Necha concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 15.0% |
12 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.