Neda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-DAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Neda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “voice, call”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Neda mean?
Arabic: Persian Neda, from Arabic nida 'call'; also Slavic
“voice, call”
Also a Slavic name, short for Nedeljka, from the word for Sunday.
Is Neda a girl's or a boy's name?
Neda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Neda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Neda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Neda, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Neda in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Neda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Names related to Neda
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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, “Neda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neda, updated 20 October 2026.