Neila Girl
How popular is Neila?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Neila in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Neila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▼ 133 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (47 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,931 in 1900 |
| First recorded | 1900 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Neila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Neila family of names ranked #2,020 for girls in 2025 (#1,871 the year before), with 66 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Neila | 34 | 52% |
| Neyla | 32 | 48% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Neila is most popular
Babies named Neila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Neila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1910s | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1920s | 37 | #3,392 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,423 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,966 |
| 1950s | 171 | #2,015 |
| 1960s | 77 | #4,262 |
| 1970s | 74 | #5,189 |
| 1980s | 40 | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 64 | #7,297 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,459 |
| 2010s | 298 | #3,998 |
| 2020s | 155 | #4,038 |
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Questions
- Is Neila a boy or girl name?
- Neila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Neila were girls.
- How popular is the name Neila?
- 34 baby girls were named Neila in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Neila most popular?
- Neila peaked in 2009, when 47 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,931 in 1900.
- How many people are named Neila?
- 1,405 babies have been named Neila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,193 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Neila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Neila was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.