Girls' name · since 2002
Neliah
Neliah has 90 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
90 girls have been named Neliah since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Neliah recorded 90 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2023.
- #28,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neliah ranks #28,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neliah's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neliah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2023
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Neliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Neliah's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Neliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Neliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2002–2023 (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 Neliah 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.