Neliah — girls' name
90 babies named Neliah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Neliah was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Neliah in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neliah
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Neliah between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neliah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neliah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Neliah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neliah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 90 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Neliah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
90 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 8 births in a single year.
Neliah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 47 births that decade — 52% of Neliah's all-time total
Neliah decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Neliah's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.