Girls' name · since 1978
Netanya
519 babies named Netanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,410 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
519 babies have been named Netanya since 1978, making it today's #15410 girls' name.
Netanya has 519 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15410 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #11,579 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,410 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 519 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Netanya ranks #11,579 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,410 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 519 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,410 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Netanya's 519 recorded births place it above 83.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Netanya compares
519 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Netanya's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Netanya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Netanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Netanya splits its recorded history at 2003: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Netanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Netanya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (213 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Netanya's strongest decade.
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Netanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
213 births
- 2000s
2000s
165 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 213 births (41% of all-time use).
How Netanya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Netanya's total volume
Netanya by state
Where Netanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
11 of 519 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Netanya's data
- Netanya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (213 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Netanyas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Netanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
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, 1978–2025 (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 Netanya 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.