Recorded 1919–2017 Girls' name Peak 2006 53 births

Neona — girls' name

53 babies named Neona in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s51990s112000s202010s12
2000s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Neona was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

8 babies were named Neona in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Neona

The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Neona between 1919 and 2017, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neona performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Neona shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neona 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 53 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.

Neona at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

53

Since 1919

99 years of records

Peak year

2006

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1919

Recorded for 99 years

Last year on file: 2017

Neona popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1919

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2006)
8
Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
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Neona by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
20 births that decade — 38% of Neona's all-time total
1910s51920s51990s112000s202010s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Neona?
53 babies have been named Neona since 1919. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2006 with 8 births.
When was Neona most popular?
Neona was most popular in the 2000s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Neona been used?
Neona has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 99 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Neona?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Neoma, Neomi, Neola, Neomia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1919–2017 (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.