Neo

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · #1,064 for boys in 2025, 204 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 240 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,117
since 1990

Neo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Neo has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,064204
2024—#961236
2023—#971226
2022—#947240
2021#13,4646#977227
2020—#1,101180
2019—#1,413124
2018—#1,261145
2017—#1,80484
2016—#1,610100
2015—#1,82681
2014—#1,65793
2013—#2,18260
2012—#2,01669
2011—#1,82478
2010—#2,14462
2009—#1,86178
2008—#2,12564
2007—#2,01669
2006—#1,479103
2005—#1,67480
2004—#1,349108
2003—#1,52984
2002—#1,74466
2001—#1,208111
2000—#1,175116
1999—#3,27924
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1990—#8,1175
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Neo! It came in at #8,117, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Neo is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,317 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,503 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMINew York: #1,067 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,504 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #921 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 8,465 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,129 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,657 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedHITexas: #1,329 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 13,426 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Neo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#921 · 1 in 8,465
  2. New York#1,067 · 1 in 8,504
  3. Georgia#1,129 · 1 in 8,657
  4. Illinois#1,317 · 1 in 11,503
  5. Texas#1,329 · 1 in 13,426

Best ever in a state: #474 in Oregon, 2020.

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California#921241 in 8,465
New York#1,067111 in 8,504
Georgia#1,12961 in 8,657
Illinois#1,31751 in 11,503
Texas#1,329131 in 13,426
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See more about Neo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 103 spots since 2024 (#961 → #1,064)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#1,101 → #1,064)
  • 762 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #1,064)
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 2021 (#1,101 → #977)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2025 (#961 → #1,064)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2022 at #947 (240 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2021–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,275
  • Highest: 1 in 7,275 boys born in 2022 were named Neo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,373 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 42.1% of all boys named Neo (1,313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s29#3,279 (1999)#5,698
2000s879#1,175 (2000)#1,616
2010s896#1,261 (2018)#1,774
2020s1,313#947 (2022)#1,004

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Neo in 2019

boys
#1,413
124 births · 1 in 14,469 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #1,413Neo124
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 14,469 of them was named Neo, which outranked 90.0% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Neo
  1. #1,407Journey125
  2. #1,407Kodi125
  3. #1,407Kyron125
  4. #1,413Neo124
  5. #1,413Adolfo124
  6. #1,413Azai124
  7. #1,413Geovanni124
  8. #1,420Avyaan123
  9. #1,420Denis123
  10. #1,420Gonzalo123

Tied with 6 names at #1,413; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →