Is Neema a boy or girl name?

Neema is a unisex name. Of the 1,040 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 75.4% were girls and 24.6% were boys.

Neema

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Neema was most popular in 2019, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,833 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,040 people named Neema.

Neema over time

Births per year. The dot marks Neema’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Neema a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Neema is a unisex name — 75.4% of the 1,040 Americans given it were girls and 24.6% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Neema

Where Neema is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 5.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org