# Neha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/neha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,351 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,351 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,237, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नेहा (nehā). Doublet of snow.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 2,116 |
| 2012 | 90 | 2,128 |
| 2013 | 83 | 2,253 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,638 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3,463 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,981 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,974 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,057 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,867 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,443 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,103 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,152 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,719 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,914 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,662 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 673 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,258 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.