Girls' name · since 1997
Neya
287 babies named Neya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,748 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Neya is the #15748 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 287 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Neya recorded 287 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #15748 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,305 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,748 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 287 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neya ranks #16,305 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,748 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 287 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,748 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Neya's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Neya compares
287 44th percentile among 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
Neya's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 287 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Neya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Neya splits its recorded history at 2012: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Neya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Neya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (123 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Neya's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Neya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 123 births (43% of all-time use).
Neya by state
Where Neya concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.5% |
10 of 287 births nationwide.
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What to do with Neya's data
- Neya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (123 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Neyas (10 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Neya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Neya 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.