How Many People Are Named Neela?
people named Neela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 251,127 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,374 babies named Neela in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
103 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of NILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Neela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Neela alive today is about 14 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Neela first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2007, to 103 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Neela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,000, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #3,331.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,331 |
| Best rank | #2,000 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,169 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Neela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Neela were born in California than in any other state: about 207 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neela was given 3.7 times as often in California and 1.4 times in Texas.
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