Girls' name · since 1974
Neelie
Neelie has 90 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neelie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 90 recorded since 1974.
Neelie has 90 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2015.
- #28,330 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neelie ranks #28,330 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neelie's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Neelie splits its recorded history at 2005: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Neelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Neelie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (49 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Neelie's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Neelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Neelie's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2010s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neelie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1974–2015 (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 Neelie 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.