Unisex name · since 1992
Neon
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 85 babies named Neon, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,497 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,528 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Neon is the #8528 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 85 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Neon recorded 85 times among boys since 1992, holding rank #8528 nationally today, ahead of 39% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #18,497 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,528 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neon ranks #18,497 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,528 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 85 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,497 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,528 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neon's 85 recorded births place it above 59.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Neon compares
85 23rd 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
Neon's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Neon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neon's full recorded timeline at 2019, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Neon popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2021 (Neon as girls' name)
Neon by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Neon's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Neon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (53% 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, 1992–2025 (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 Neon 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.