Neena
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,775since 1939
Neena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Neena has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 |
| 2006 | #3,368 | 48 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five girls were named Neena! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Neena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Neena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 893 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,860)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #8,860)
- 3,402 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1955 at #2,411 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 9 yrs 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 38,232
- Highest: 1 in 38,232 girls born in 2002 were named Neena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,411 in 1955, was only 1 in 93,108 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.3% of all girls named Neena (395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 53 | #3,132 (1945) | #4,156 |
| 1950s | 158 | #2,411 (1955) | #2,892 |
| 1960s | 130 | #2,673 (1961) | #3,954 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,122 (1973) | #4,597 |
| 1980s | 268 | #2,651 (1980) | #3,405 |
| 1990s | 293 | #3,098 (1994) | #3,852 |
| 2000s | 395 | #3,069 (2002) | #3,732 |
| 2010s | 258 | #4,477 (2017) | #5,506 |
| 2020s | 77 | #7,281 (2022) | #8,116 |
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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