Neena — #8006 US girls' name
1,764 babies named Neena in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Neena was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Neena in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neena
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,764 babies named Neena between 1939 and 2024, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neena currently holds the #8006 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Neena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Neena in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neena 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 1,764 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.
Neena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1939
- Peak year (2004)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
Currently ranks #8006 among girls.
1,764 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 48 births in a single year.
Neena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 395 births that decade — 22% of Neena's all-time total
Neena decade highlights
- Peak decade 395 births
- Runner-up 293 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Neena's strongest decade
395 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Neena by state
Where Neena concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 4.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 13 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.3% |
75 of 1,764 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1939–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.