Neely
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
- Given to girls 85.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,239since 1888
Neely over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #4,067 | 35 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,368 | 40 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,569 | 58 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Neely! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Neely is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Neely
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,101 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #4,067)
- 152 spots since 2015 (#3,915 → #4,067)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,276 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 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 19,567
- Highest: 1 in 19,567 girls born in 1974 were named Neely (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,276 in 1888, was only 1 in 35,724 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 23.8% of all girls named Neely (534) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1968
- Mostly boys until 1967, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,534 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 13 | #2,876 (1914) | #3,564 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,376 (1923) | #4,473 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,550 (1930) | #4,550 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,420 (1941) | #4,858 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 62 | #1,887 (1968) | #2,366 |
| 1970s | 408 | #1,369 (1974) | #2,558 |
| 1980s | 287 | #2,288 (1982) | #3,341 |
| 1990s | 274 | #2,846 (1998) | #4,225 |
| 2000s | 534 | #2,524 (2005) | #2,999 |
| 2010s | 439 | #3,040 (2012) | #3,588 |
| 2020s | 181 | #4,067 (2025) | #4,563 |
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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