Girls' name · since 2001
Neelia
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 19 babies named Neelia, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
19 girls have been named Neelia since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Neelia recorded 19 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2016.
- #46,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neelia ranks #46,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #46,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neelia's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neelia's full recorded timeline at 2015, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2016
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Neelia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Neelia's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Neelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (68% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Neelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2001–2016 (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 Neelia 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.