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Neyda vs Neyland

American parents have registered 682 Neydas since 1880, against 594 Neylands. But in 2025 it was Neyland that was commoner, 54 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Neyda against Neyland, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Neyda Neyland

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 47 years in which either name was published, Neyda for 32 years and Neyland for 15 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Neyda Neyland
Total US births 682594
Most in one year 5354
Babies in 2025 under 554
Estimated living today 670590
Median age today 237
Peak year 20022017
Best rank 2,819th girls2,388th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked2,765th
First recorded 19562002
Girls / boys 682 / 015 / 579

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 Neydas alive today are over 23; half the Neylands are over 7. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

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: Neyda and Neyland.