Neta
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,226since 1881
Neta over time
Rank among girls' names. Neta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,738 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 |
| 1946 | #1,101 | 60 |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 |
| 1942 | #913 | 74 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 |
| 1939 | #1,079 | 44 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #954 | 53 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #895 | 57 |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,066 | 52 |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 |
| 1922 | #891 | 67 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 |
| 1920 | #797 | 82 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #921 | 60 |
| 1917 | #945 | 54 |
| 1916 | #940 | 53 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 |
| 1905 | #656 | 29 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 |
| 1895 | #685 | 21 |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 |
| 1893 | #630 | 21 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Neta! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Neta is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#447 · 1 in 3,890
- Texas#711 · 1 in 7,075
Best ever in a state: #210 in Utah, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #447 | 6 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Texas | #711 | 7 | 1 in 7,075 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Neta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1903 (#903 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1912 (#875 → #1,143)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1885 at #557 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1887–1911
- Highest: 1 in 8,626 girls born in 1898 were named Neta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #557 in 1885, was only 1 in 8,870 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.2% of all girls named Neta (587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | #557 (1885) | #728 |
| 1890s | 216 | #586 (1898) | #645 |
| 1900s | 224 | #612 (1904) | #778 |
| 1910s | 426 | #802 (1914) | #938 |
| 1920s | 587 | #797 (1920) | #980 |
| 1930s | 490 | #895 (1933) | #1,010 |
| 1940s | 522 | #913 (1942) | #1,155 |
| 1950s | 362 | #1,465 (1954) | #1,745 |
| 1960s | 165 | #2,210 (1962) | #3,401 |
| 1970s | 38 | #5,516 (1975) | #6,753 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,178 (1980) | #9,300 |
| 1990s | 17 | #11,409 (1990) | #12,332 |
| 2000s | 48 | #8,058 (2009) | #11,243 |
| 2010s | 36 | #8,701 (2010) | #13,699 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,592 (2022) | #14,443 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Neta in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,294 of them was named Neta, which outranked 83.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #915Fae61
- #915Gaynell61
- #915Mafalda61
- #921Neta60
- #921Christene60
- #921Domenica60
- #921Juliana60
- #930Adelina59
- #930Ellamae59
- #930Lavera59
Tied with 8 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.