Neera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Neera is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “water”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Neera mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit nira 'water'
“water”
In India it comes from Sanskrit nira 'water'; Neera was also the pen name of the Italian novelist Anna Zuccari.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Neera a girl's or a boy's name?
Neera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Neera, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Neera in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Neera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhya Adhara Arya Viha Prisha Yashna Navya Aarya Nirvana Isha Navi Navy
Names related to Neera
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Neera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neera, updated 20 October 2026.