Girls' name · since 1999
Neyah
117 babies named Neyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 117 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neyah has been recorded 117 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2022.
- #25,433 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neyah ranks #25,433 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Neyah's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Neyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Neyah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Neyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2022
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Neyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Neyah's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Neyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Neyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Neyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2022 (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 Neyah 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.