Neala
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 595since 1938
Neala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Neala has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
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| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
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| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five girls were named Neala! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Neala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Neala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 1,371 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #10,917)
- 6,685 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1947 at #3,448 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,345
- Highest: 1 in 48,345 girls born in 2009 were named Neala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,448 in 1947, was only 1 in 177,277 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 38.5% of all girls named Neala (229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,342 (1938) | #4,342 |
| 1940s | 43 | #3,448 (1947) | #4,321 |
| 1950s | 49 | #3,827 (1959) | #4,951 |
| 1960s | 20 | #5,273 (1966) | #5,474 |
| 1970s | 28 | #5,580 (1973) | #7,382 |
| 1980s | 12 | #9,144 (1984) | #9,996 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,409 (1990) | #11,409 |
| 2000s | 150 | #4,013 (2009) | #7,775 |
| 2010s | 229 | #4,232 (2015) | #6,032 |
| 2020s | 53 | #9,546 (2020) | #10,573 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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