Neelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Neelah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Neelah mean?
Modern: variant of Nila or Neela
In Hindi, neela means blue, from Sanskrit nila.
Is Neelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Neelah is a girls' name.
How popular is Neelah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Neelah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Neelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Naziyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Aziyah, Zayla, Kamiyah, Safa
Names related to Neelah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Neelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neelah, updated 20 October 2026.