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How popular is the name Neo?
Births per year, rank history and how many Neos are alive today.
Neo (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 735th in 2025 with 47 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2003, when 99 babies were given the name, the 294th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 85 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 762 in 2013 before climbing back to the 735th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Neo you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old - or else around 4: the name has two living generations. Half of all Neos born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Neo - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Neo.
How many babies are named Neo each year?
Where does Neo rank among boys' names?
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 Neo most popular?
Neo peaked in 2003, when 99 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Neo?
At least 1,700 people named Neo born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Neo?
Most living Neos are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 19. There is a second cluster around 4.
Is Neo becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.