Total births
16
Recorded 2021–2022 Boys' name Peak 2022 16 births
Neptune — boys' name
16 babies named Neptune in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Neptune was born in this single decade.
2022
Single peak year
9 babies were named Neptune in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neptune
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Neptune between 2021 and 2022, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neptune currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neptune performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neptune 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 16 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.
Neptune at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
2022
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2021
Neptune popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2021
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Neptune by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 16 births that decade — 100% of Neptune's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Neptune? ▼
16 babies have been named Neptune since 2021. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2022 with 9 births.
When was Neptune most popular? ▼
Neptune was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Neptune been used? ▼
Neptune has been recorded in Social Security data since 2021, spanning 2 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Neptune? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nephi, Nephtali, Neptali, Nepoleon. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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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, 2021–2022 (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.