Is Neta a boy or girl name?

Neta is a girl’s name. Of the 3,226 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Neta

Recorded 1881–2024 · United States

Neta was most popular in 1920, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,486 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,226 people named Neta.

Neta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Neta’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Neta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Neta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,226 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Neta

Where Neta 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