Neya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Neya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Neya come from?
Modern: modern variant of Niya or Naya
Is Neya a girl's or a boy's name?
Neya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Neya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Neya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Nea 9
- Neya 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Neya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Neya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Neya, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Neya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Neya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Safa Anaya Nevaeh Arya Maya Amaya Ayla Hafsa Ayah Ayra Ayat
Other spellings of Neya
Names related to Neya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Neya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neya, updated 20 October 2026.