Neela — #3021 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Neela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,326 babies named Neela between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neela currently holds the #3021 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 523 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Neela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 193 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Neela in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neela 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 1,326 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.