Girls' name · since 1949
Neenah
Neenah has 245 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neenah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 245 recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Neenah recorded 245 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2020.
- #17,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 245 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neenah ranks #17,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neenah's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Neenah splits its recorded history at 2003: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Neenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2020
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Neenah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Neenah's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Neenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Neenah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1949–2020 (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 Neenah 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.