Girls' name · since 1988
Neira
Neira has 136 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 136 recorded since 1988.
Neira has 136 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2023.
- #23,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neira ranks #23,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neira's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Neira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Neira's SSA record in two at 2002 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 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Neira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2023
- Peak year (1997)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Neira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Neira's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Neira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (44% of all-time use).
Neira by state
Where Neira concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 8.8% |
12 of 136 births nationwide.
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- Neira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Neiras (12 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 Neira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1988–2023 (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 Neira 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.