Neslihan — girls' name
55 babies named Neslihan in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
55 girls have been named Neslihan since 2019, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 55
- total births
- 2019–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Neslihan was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Neslihan in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neslihan
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Neslihan between 2019 and 2025, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neslihan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neslihan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Neslihan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neslihan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neslihan 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 55 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.
Neslihan at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neslihan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2019
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
55 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 13 births in a single year.
Neslihan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 47 births that decade — 85% of Neslihan's all-time total
Neslihan decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Neslihan's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
Neslihan by state
Where Neslihan concentrates geographically — total births since 2019
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2019–2025 (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.