Boys' name · since 2008
Neji
Neji has 99 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,082 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
99 babies have been named Neji since 2008, making it today's #8082 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neji has been recorded 99 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #8082 nationally and more common than 42% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #17,474 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,082 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neji ranks #17,474 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,082 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 99 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,082 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neji's 99 recorded births place it above 61.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Neji compares
99 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Neji's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neji | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Neji's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neji's full recorded timeline at 2020, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Neji by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Neji's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Neji births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (64% 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, 2008–2025 (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 Neji 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.