Neely
Recorded 1888–2025 · United States
Neely was most popular in 1974, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,109 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,630 people named Neely.
Neely over time
How old is the name Neely?
Neely first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1888, which makes it about 137 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 108 of the 138 years since.
How many people are named Neely?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,630 American births named Neely between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,243 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Neely in 2025?
35 American babies were named Neely in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Is Neely getting more or less popular?
Neely is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 48 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -35% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Neely a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Neely is mostly a girl’s name — 85.1% of the 2,630 Americans given it were girls and 14.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Neely?
Roughly 2,243 Americans named Neely are alive today — 85% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 15 and 46. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Neely is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org