How Many People Are Named Neta?

1,024

people named Neta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 333,774 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,226 babies named Neta in Social Security records from 1881 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,436

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,856

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Peak Year

1920

82 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "plant, shrub" in Hebrew.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Neta in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Neta alive today is about 68 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 81 in 2025.

Under 30 105
10.3%
30 to 59 97
9.5%
60 and over 822
80.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Neta first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1920, to 82 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Neta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #568, in 1885.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#568 (1885)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#971 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Neta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Neta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neta was given 10.3 times as often in Oklahoma, 9.4 times in Texas and 4.2 times in North Carolina.

Texas 137
Oklahoma 52
North Carolina 10
Arkansas 8
Alabama 6
Missouri 4
California 4
Kansas 2
Mississippi 2
South Carolina 1

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