Neala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Neala is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Neala mean?
Irish: feminine of Neil or Niall
Feminine form of Neil or Niall, the name of the legendary Irish king Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Is Neala a girl's or a boy's name?
Neala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Neala, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were given Neala or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #531, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Neala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Neala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Neala, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
Half of all the girls named Neala in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 girls in the US were given Neala or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,024, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Neala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
Names like Neala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla, Noa, Nova, Layla, Keira, Aoife, Sienna, Nora, Maeva, Fiadh, Ava, Pippa
Other spellings of Neala
Names related to Neala
Nala, Nela, Naila, Nella, Nuala, Nel, Nayla, Nahla, Nalah, Nalia
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
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, “Neala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neala, updated 20 October 2026.