Girls' name · since 1972
Neile
35 babies named Neile in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Neile is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 1972.
Neile has 35 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1977.
- #39,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neile ranks #39,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #39,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Neile's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Neile's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Neile popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1977
- Peak year (1973)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Neile by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (35 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Neile's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Neile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 35 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1972–1977 (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 Neile 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.