Neon — #8571 US boys' name
75 babies named Neon in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Neon was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Neon in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neon
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Neon between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neon currently holds the #8571 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Neon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2021.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Neon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neon 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 75 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.
Neon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #8571 among boys.
75 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 11 births in a single year.
Neon popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 2021 (Neon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Neon accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Neon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 35 births that decade — 47% of Neon's all-time total
Neon decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Neon's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1992–2024 (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.