Nealy
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,944
- Given to girls 78.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 296since 1884
Nealy over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
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| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Nealy! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nealy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nealy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nealy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #851 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,431
- Highest: 1 in 18,431 girls born in 1884 were named Nealy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 22.3% of all girls named Nealy (66) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1974
- Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #851 (1884) | #980 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,502 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,723 (1900) | #1,806 |
| 1910s | 34 | #2,540 (1913) | #3,876 |
| 1920s | 27 | #4,426 (1925) | #4,627 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,701 (1936) | #3,701 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,040 (1953) | #5,040 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 66 | #3,678 (1976) | #4,762 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,888 (1982) | #9,327 |
| 1990s | 18 | #11,738 (1992) | #12,284 |
| 2000s | 40 | #10,690 (2004) | #13,841 |
| 2010s | 32 | #10,866 (2015) | #14,139 |
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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