Girls' name · since 1969
Neha
4,351 babies named Neha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,351
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neha currently ranks #5605 among girls' names in America, with 4,351 babies recorded since 1969.
Neha has 4,351 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5605 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, 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 1969 to 2025.
- #2,822 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,605 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,351 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neha ranks #2,822 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,605 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,351 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,351
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neha's 4,351 recorded births place it above 96.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Neha compares
4,351 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Neha's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,351 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 223 | 21 | 19,840 |
Neha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neha's full recorded timeline at 1997, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 223 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 223
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Neha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,890 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Neha's strongest decade.
1,890 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Neha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s 225
1970s
225 births
- 1980s 523
1980s
523 births
- 1990s
1990s
941 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,890 births
- 2010s 628
2010s
628 births
- 2020s 135
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,890 births (43% of all-time use).
How Neha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Neha's total volume
Neha by state
Where Neha concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 708 | 16.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 397 | 9.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 356 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 342 | 7.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 255 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 126 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 107 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 81 | 1.9% |
708 of 4,351 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Neha appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Neha's data
- Neha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,890 total births); usage has since declined to 135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nehas (708 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Neha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Neha 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.