Neji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEH-jee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Neji is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Neji mean?
Japanese: from the anime character Neji Hyuga
Best known from Neji Hyuga, a ninja character in the Japanese manga and anime Naruto.
Is Neji a girl's or a boy's name?
Neji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Neji, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Neji in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Neji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akari Rumi Sakai Kaizen Loki Koji Chozen Kairo Tru Kenzo Kasai Yuri
More Japanese names
Kobe Raiden Ren Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya Aizen Sora
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, “Neji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neji, updated 20 October 2026.