Neila — #4032 US girls' name
1,370 babies named Neila in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Neila was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Neila in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neila
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,370 babies named Neila between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neila currently holds the #4032 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Neila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Neila in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neila 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 1,370 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.
Neila at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (2009)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #4032 among girls.
1,370 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 47 births in a single year.
Neila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 298 births that decade — 22% of Neila's all-time total
Neila decade highlights
- Peak decade 298 births
- Runner-up 250 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Neila's strongest decade
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Neila by state
Where Neila concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 50 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
50 of 1,370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.6% 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, 1900–2024 (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.