Neysa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Neysa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,288 babies named Neysa between 1917 and 2022, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neysa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neysa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Neysa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Neysa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neysa 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 1,288 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.