Girls' name · since 2002
Neleh
128 babies named Neleh in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neleh sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 128 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neleh has been recorded 128 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2021.
- #24,428 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neleh ranks #24,428 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neleh's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neleh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Neleh's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Neleh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2021
- Peak year (2002)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Neleh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Neleh's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Neleh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Neleh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (75 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neleh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2002–2021 (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 Neleh 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.