Boys' name · since 2011
Neelan
Neelan has 28 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,117 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Neelan is the #13117 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 28 recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neelan has been recorded 28 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #13117 nationally and more common than 6% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #26,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,117 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neelan ranks #26,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,117 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 28 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,117 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neelan's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Neelan compares
28 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Neelan's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neelan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Neelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neelan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Neelan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Neelan's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Neelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Neelan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.