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Neha

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Hindi origin

Living in the US
~4,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,554 among girls
Births in 2025
22 4,351 since 1880
Typical age
23 years, median

Neha popularity over time

Neha rank by birth year, 1969–2025Neha ranked #5,057 in 1969 and #5,554 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #966, in 2000.#1,000#10,000#5,554best #966 in 2000197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1969–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Neha was used most in 2004, when 223 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1969. The 2025 position is #5,554, on 22 births.

Compared with 2015, births are down 52%. Year on year the rank improved by 245.

Babies named Neha per yearPeaks at 223 births in 2004.223 in 20040197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Neha?

About 4,300 people named Neha are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 4,351 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Neha?

Median age among living Nehas: 23. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Neha a millennial-era name.

Your Neha

Ages of living people named NehaHalf of living Nehas are older than 23 and half younger.median 2302040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Neha in England and Wales

ONS recorded 12 births named Neha in 2025, ranking it #2,278.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Neha comes from

Borrowed from Hindi नेहा. Doublet of snow.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Hindi names are used in American and British births on the Hindi names page.

Names similar to Neha

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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