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How popular is the name Neela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Neelas are alive today.
Neela (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Nila in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2449th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2009, with 9 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nila you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Nilas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 14, and there are at least 690 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nila - on average, only one in every 457 such rooms contains a Nila.
How many babies are named Neela each year?
Includes all spellings: Neela, Neila, Nila. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Neela spelling rank?
Where does the Neila spelling rank?
Where does the Nila spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Neela most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nila, peaked in 2025, when 72 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Neela spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 10 babies.
How many people are called Neela?
At least 690 people named Neela in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Neela?
Most living Neelas are between 4 and 14; the most common age is about 2.
Is Neela becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.