Neely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Neely is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Neely come from?
Scottish: from a Scottish and Irish surname
Is Neely a girl's or a boy's name?
Neely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Neely, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had more girls named Neely than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Neely in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Neely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Neely 35
- Nili 17
Neely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,369 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,843 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,887 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Names like Neely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Logan Kennedy Teagan Kinley Brynn Brooklyn Reagan Ashley Eden Rory Finley
Other spellings of Neely
Names related to Neely
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan
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, “Neely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neely, updated 20 October 2026.