girl's name

Neima

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 244

Neima is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1987.

Neima over time

Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2019, not a full ten years.

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Births named Neima by decade in France
Decade Births
1980s 10
1990s 20
2000s 45
2010s 35
2020s (to 2019) 20

How popular is Neima?

In 2024, Neima was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Neima is used

Canada #3,638 5 in 2022
France as Neïma #4,305 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,685 3 in 2010
United States #12,666 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Neima is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Neïma Neïma is a rare spelling of Neima, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. 45

Names that peaked alongside Neima

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Neima also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Neima over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Neima

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Neima — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Neima

How popular is the name Neima?

In 2024, Neima was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Neima a girl's or a boy's name?

Neima is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Neima most popular?

Neima peaked in 2018, when 11 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Neima a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Neima currently ranks #4,305 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.