Neelam — girls' name

What the Data Says About Neelam

The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Neelam between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neelam currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neelam performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Neelam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Neelam in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neelam 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 316 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.