How Many People Are Named Neha?
people named Neha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 79,837 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,351 babies named Neha in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
223 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly from Sanskrit เคธเฅเคจเฅเคน (sneha) meaning "love, tenderness".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Neha in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Neha alive today is about 25 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 31 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Neha first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2004, to 223 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Neha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #968, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #5,661.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,661 |
| Best rank | #968 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,206 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Neha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Neha were born in California than in any other state: about 698 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neha was given 5.3 times as often in New Jersey, 2 times in Illinois and 1.9 times in New York.
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