Neo
Boy · NEE-oh · Greek
Neo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “new”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 1,064th for boys in the US (204 babies).
What does Neo mean?
Greek: from Greek neos; also a Setswana name
“new”
Neo is the hero of the film The Matrix; in Setswana, Neo is a separate name meaning gift.
- Say it
- NEE-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Neo a girl's or a boy's name?
Neo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 204 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Neo, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 737th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 102 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Neo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Neo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 735th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Neo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 79 | #545 |
| 2023 | 69 | #597 |
| 2022 | 76 | #562 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 50 | #737 |
| 2019 | 46 | #773 |
| 2018 | 62 | #645 |
| 2017 | 60 | #657 |
| 2016 | 53 | #723 |
| 2015 | 47 | #764 |
| 2014 | 54 | #683 |
| 2013 | 43 | #811 |
| 2012 | 61 | #634 |
| 2011 | 49 | #721 |
| 2010 | 53 | #670 |
| 2009 | 67 | #561 |
| 2008 | 93 | #444 |
| 2007 | 77 | #492 |
| 2006 | 100 | #380 |
| 2005 | 63 | #499 |
| 2004 | 81 | #389 |
| 2003 | 102 | #314 |
| 2002 | 57 | #441 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 48 | #480 |
How popular is Neo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,064among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 204about 1 in 8,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 204 boys in the US were named Neo, making it the 1,064th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,101st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 240 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Neo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Neo in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 boys in the US were given Neo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #957, up from #1,064 for this spelling alone.
- Neo 204
- Nio 7
Neo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204 | #1,064 |
| 2024 | 236 | #961 |
| 2023 | 226 | #971 |
| 2022 | 240 | #947 |
| 2021 | 227 | #977 |
| 2020 | 180 | #1,101 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2017 | 84 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,610 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 78 | #1,823 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,124 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,479 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,347 |
| 2003 | 84 | #1,526 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,206 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,173 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Neo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Neo
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