Necia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Necia

The Social Security Administration has registered 675 babies named Necia between 1910 and 2009, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Necia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Necia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Necia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Necia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Necia 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 675 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.