girls:
2.2k births since 1888
#3683 (36th percentile)
boys:
391 births since 1890
#4195 (8th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1888
#5279 (32nd percentile)
The name Neely is the #5,279 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,570 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 31.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,683 (35.5% percentile) for all time with 2,179 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,195 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 391 births since 1890.
Neely first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1890 for boys). Birth data for Neely is available in 106 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 52 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Neely has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Neely were girls.
For girls, Neely reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #676) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Neely ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 37.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Neely reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #523) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 50 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
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