Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Neela

Gender

Male

Origin

Native American
Blue
Sanskrit
"Dark blue" or "sky blue" or "sapphire blue" (a brilliant shade of blue), for girls

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Color

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #1982, 103 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3296, 47 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202547
202454
202344
202244
202136
202044
201952
201853
201748
201627

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #2449, 10 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20255
2024–
20236
20223
20215
202010
20195
20184
20178
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #462, 126 births); most recent 2023 (rank #951, 39 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202339
202263
202172
202054
201954
201855
201785
201652
201562
201490

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #866, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #792, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence