Neida vs Neila
American parents have registered 1,834 Neidas since 1880, against 1,405 Neilas. But in 2025 it was Neila that was commoner, 34 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Neida Neila
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 104 years in which either name was published, Neila for 62 years and Neida for 42 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.
- 1900–1958 Neila ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1959–1973 Neida ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1976–1979 Neila ahead
- 1987–2008 Neida ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2011–2025 Neila ahead
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Neida | Neila | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,834 | 1,405 |
| Most in one year | 142 | 47 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 34 |
| Estimated living today | 1,700 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 24 | 20 |
| Peak year | 2003 | 2009 |
| Best rank | 1,395th girls | 3,460th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 4,172nd |
| First recorded | 1922 | 1900 |
| Girls / boys | 1,834 / 0 | 1,405 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Neidas alive today are over 24; half the Neilas are over 20. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Neida Texas (4.6×), California (3.9×), Arizona (3.2×)
- Neila Florida (8.4×), California (5.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Neida and Neila.