Unisex name · since 2002

Neziah

Neziah has 217 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#12,463 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,344 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
217
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Neziah is the #6344 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 217 recorded since 2002.

Neziah has 217 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6344 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #12,463 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,344 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 217 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neziah ranks #12,463 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,344 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 217 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#12,463 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,344 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
217
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%54.4%
Neziah vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Neziah's 217 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Neziah compares

217 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Neziah's all-time total is 41% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Neziah Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 217 369 358,536
Peak-year births 20 34 22,252

Neziah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Neziah splits its recorded history at 2016: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Neziah popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
20
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
0510152025 20022007201220152018202120242025 14

Neziah popularity over time - girls

128 total births recorded since 2004 (Neziah as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 128 births
468101214 2004200720102013201820232025 9

Neziah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (100 births, 46% of the file).

2010s was Neziah's strongest decade.

100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Neziah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Neziah?
Neziah has been given to 217 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #12,463 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #6,344 of 13,930. 20 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Neziah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neziah ranks #12,463 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,344 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Neziah most popular?
Neziah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Is Neziah a unisex name?
Yes, Neziah is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 217 births, and as a girl's name it has 128 births.
How long has the name Neziah been used?
The SSA has tracked Neziah since 2002 -- 24 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Neziah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nezar, Nezha, Nezra. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Neziah's data

  • Neziah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Neziah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2025 (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 Neziah 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.