Girls' name · since 1966
Neia
26 babies named Neia in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1966.
Neia has 26 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2019.
- #42,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1966
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neia ranks #42,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1966, peaking in the 2010s.
- #42,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neia's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Neia splits its recorded history at 2009: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Neia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2019
- Peak year (2013)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Neia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Neia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Neia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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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, 1966–2019 (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 Neia 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.