Neymar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nay-MAR
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Neymar is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Neymar mean?
Brazilian name of uncertain origin
Made famous by the Brazilian footballer Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, who shares the name with his father.
Is Neymar a girl's or a boy's name?
Neymar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neymar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Neymar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Neymar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Neymar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Neymar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,516among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Neymar, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,707th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 499 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer boys named Neymar than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Neymar in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neymar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,678 |
| 2020 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,670 |
| 2018 | 169 | #1,139 |
| 2017 | 199 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 245 | #891 |
| 2015 | 294 | #790 |
| 2014 | 499 | #551 |
| 2013 | 377 | #648 |
| 2012 | 338 | #703 |
| 2011 | 190 | #1,012 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
Names like Neymar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Umar Rowan Finley Eesa Albie Finn Lochlan Zayan Archer Cillian Zayn
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, “Neymar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neymar, updated 20 October 2026.