How rare is the name Neha?

10,101 people in the United States have the first name Neha, about 1 in 29,901. It ranks #2,452 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NEHA

#2,452

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,101
About
1 in 29,901
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,101 people named Neha, 95.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.3% as White and 1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Neha peaked in 2004, when 223 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
223
In 2025*
22 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,351 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Neha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,130. The largest share of babies named Neha, 58.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#15,5589
1970s#4,973225
1980s#3,325523
1990s#2,790941
2000s#2,1301,890
2010s#4,808628
2020s#9,544135
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1258.9%
2013 and later10.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Neha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Neha has been most common in New Jersey (5.1×), California (2.5×), and Virginia (2×), and least common in Ohio (0.29×).

2,771 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Neha

#2,450 Oakley · 10,116#2,451 Korey · 10,107#2,453 Tai · 10,097#2,454 Noelia · 10,088

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Neha, most common first.

#21,264 Nea · 479#30,611 Neya · 284#35,138 Neh · 230#48,328 Neia · 132

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