Neenah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-nah
- Origin
- Modern
Neenah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Neenah mean?
Modern: probably a variant of Nina; also a Wisconsin place name
Neenah is also a city in Wisconsin whose name is said to come from a Native American word for water.
Is Neenah a girl's or a boy's name?
Neenah is a girls' name.
How popular is Neenah 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 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Neenah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neenah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #5,243 |
Names like Neenah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Farah, Jaliyah, Zainab, Farrah, Safa, Naziyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah
Names related to Neenah
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, “Neenah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neenah, updated 20 October 2026.