Neosha — girls' name
204 babies named Neosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Neosha was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Neosha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neosha
The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Neosha between 1974 and 2002, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neosha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neosha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Neosha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neosha 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 204 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.
Neosha at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1974
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
204 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 14 births in a single year.
Neosha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 100 births that decade — 49% of Neosha's all-time total
Neosha decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Neosha's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1974–2002 (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.