Nea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAY-a
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Nea is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Nea mean?
Scandinavian: short form of Linnea
Swedish and Finnish short form of Linnea, the twinflower named after botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Is Nea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Nea, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Nea of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Nea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Nea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Nea 9
- Neya 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Nea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Nea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Nea, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
2025 had more girls named Nea than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Nea in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
Names like Nea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Kiara Keira Orla Caoimhe Aoife Sienna Nova Ocean Maeve Nevaeh Cassidy
Other spellings of Nea
Names related to Nea
More Scandinavian names
Kaia Jenson Jensen Maren Gustavo Anders Stellan Iverson Kari Kaja Larson Olsen Ronya Jensyn Soley Loa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nea, updated 20 October 2026.