Neely
Neely was given to 35 girls in 2025, #4,143 among girls’ names; 2,630 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,230 Americans named Neely and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 15 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Neely by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Neely?
#4,143 among girls’ names, 2025
Neely fell from #3,963 in 2015 to #4,143 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 21.3 to 21.8 per million.
82 babies in 1974, the peak
Neely peaked in 1974, when 82 babies were given it (75 girls, #1,377 among girls’ names). The 35 births of 2025 are 43% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,143 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,253 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,531 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,349 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,299 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,274 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,053 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,317 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,049 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,568 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,963 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,173 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,303 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,077 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,394 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,456 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,287 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,461 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,158 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,077 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,541 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,879 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,110 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,765 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,397 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,582 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,031 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,874 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,513 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 27 | #4,017 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,870 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,642 | 5 | #9,812 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,844 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,410 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,849 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,185 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,745 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,600 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,892 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,952 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,589 | 6 | #6,274 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,714 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,507 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,314 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,601 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,186 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,371 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,265 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,750 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,810 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,701 | 5 | #6,037 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,377 | 7 | #4,478 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,999 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,999 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,731 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,175 | 5 | #5,220 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,889 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,900 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,446 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 5 | #4,392 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,340 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 5 | #4,370 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 8 | #3,122 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 5 | #4,218 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 7 | #3,370 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 6 | #3,616 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 13 | #2,217 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 6 | #3,590 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 9 | #2,732 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,880 | 8 | #3,025 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 6 | #3,416 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,917 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 5 | #3,892 | |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,878 | 5 | #3,854 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 7 | #3,080 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 5 | #3,875 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 8 | #2,876 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #4,046 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 10 | #2,488 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 6 | #3,649 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 11 | #2,428 | |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,057 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,087 | 9 | #2,903 |
| 1928 | under 5 | 13 | #2,353 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 12 | #2,484 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 9 | #3,061 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 8 | #3,319 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 10 | #2,957 | |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,812 | 9 | #3,100 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 7 | #3,764 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 13 | #2,466 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 8 | #3,403 | |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,644 | 17 | #1,943 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 11 | #2,653 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,846 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 9 | #2,865 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 9 | #2,762 | |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,092 | 7 | #2,824 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #3,118 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 6 | #2,466 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,773 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 7 | #1,233 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 6 | #1,318 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 5 | #1,437 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,752 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,642 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 6 | #964 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,423 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Neely a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,630 Americans recorded as Neely, 85% are girls and 15% boys. In 2025 it went to 35 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Neely: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Neely, and how old are they?
2,230 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 2,630 Americans ever recorded as Neely. The median Neely alive today is 26 years old; half are between 15 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 2,135 people named Neely (1,941 women and girls, 194 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,099 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 58 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 482 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 409 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 798 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 467 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Neely born?
The states with the most babies named Neely are Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi, with 76% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 198 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 113 | #1,089 | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 79 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Georgia | 33 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 21 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| California | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Illinois | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 7 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Neely is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Neely is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Neely with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 25,065 babies since 1880, Neely is the fourth most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 35 of their 397 babies (8.8%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Neely and names like it
- Compare Neely and NellyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sNeely peaked in 1974.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Neely since 1910.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Neely.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Neely alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.