Neta

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293

Peak · girls
1885 · 15 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,226
since 1881

Neta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Neta has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #557, 1885girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#15,2935
2023—
2022#13,5926
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#14,1246
2016#14,3316
2015—
2014#16,5135
2013—
2012—
2011#14,8246
2010#8,70113
2009#8,05815
2008—
2007#10,81810
2006#9,90111
2005—
2004—
2003#12,4087
2002—
2001—
2000#15,0315
1999—
1998—
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984#10,4225
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#8,1787
1979—
1978#9,7505
1977—
1976—
1975#5,51610
1974—
1973#5,5809
1972#6,5587
1971—
1970#6,3627
1969#3,95813
1968#4,00012
1967#4,6259
1966#3,40014
1965#4,4949
1964#3,37915
1963#2,54323
1962#2,21029
1961#2,75220
1960#2,64921
1959#2,39523
1958#2,11728
1957#1,57047
1956#1,73837
1955#1,66738
1954#1,46547
1953#1,70734
1952#1,48742
1951#1,70132
1950#1,60234
1949#1,39344
1948#1,29850
1947#1,46141
1946#1,10160
1945#1,10051
1944#1,20543
1943#1,00662
1942#91374
1941#1,06547
1940#1,01050
1939#1,07944
1938#1,03148
1937#1,14439
1936#1,02246
1935#95453
1934#92555
1933#89557
1932#97952
1931#1,02846
1930#1,04150
1929#96855
1928#1,01554
1927#1,06652
1926#1,11546
1925#1,05052
1924#99958
1923#91264
1922#89167
1921#98757
1920#79782
1919#96754
1918#92160
1917#94554
1916#94053
1915#86557
1914#80252
1913#98130
1912#1,14321
1911#87524
1910#94121
1909#89021
1908#84921
1907#87119
1906#76523
1905#65629
1904#61231
1903#69523
1902#90315
1901#82916
1900#70526
1899#83515
1898#58630
1897#59426
1896#65123
1895#68521
1894#60923
1893#63021
1892#63820
1891#60819
1890#61718
1889#64116
1888#79311
1887#7889
1886—
1885#55715
1884#7319
1883#7547
1882—
1881#8305
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Neta! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Neta is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #339 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,278 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #457 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,737 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #334 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,874 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedHITexas: #581 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,955 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Neta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#334 · 1 in 2,874
  2. Missouri#339 · 1 in 3,278
  3. North Carolina#457 · 1 in 5,737
  4. Texas#581 · 1 in 4,955

Best ever in a state: #210 in Utah, 1920.

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Missouri#33981 in 3,278
North Carolina#45761 in 5,737
Texas#581111 in 4,955
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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 Neta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1903 (#903 → #695)
  • Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1912 (#875 → #1,143)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1885 at #557 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1887–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,626
  • Highest: 1 in 8,626 girls born in 1898 were named Neta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #557 in 1885, was only 1 in 8,870 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.2% of all girls named Neta (587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s72#557 (1885)#728
1890s216#586 (1898)#645
1900s224#612 (1904)#778
1910s426#802 (1914)#938
1920s587#797 (1920)#980
1930s490#895 (1933)#1,010
1940s522#913 (1942)#1,155
1950s362#1,465 (1954)#1,745
1960s165#2,210 (1962)#3,401
1970s38#5,516 (1975)#6,753
1980s12#8,178 (1980)#9,300
1990s17#11,409 (1990)#12,332
2000s48#8,058 (2009)#11,243
2010s36#8,701 (2010)#13,699
2020s11#13,592 (2022)#14,443

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.

Neta in 1933

girls
#895
57 births · 1 in 17,683 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #895Neta57
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 17,683 of them was named Neta, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Neta
  1. #887Robin58
  2. #887Toby58
  3. #887Zula58
  4. #895Neta57
  5. #895Altha57
  6. #895Arvilla57
  7. #895Delfina57
  8. #904Berneice56
  9. #904Carma56
  10. #904Elease56

Tied with 8 names at #895; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →