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Neema

#4,522 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Grace

Neema has been given to 1,040 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #4,522 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Neema, 2025

1 in 107,000

Neema over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Neema over time

In 2025, Neema went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Neema: meaning, origin, and history

Grace

Arabic

What Neema means

Neema means “grace”, associated with neema.

Origin, language, and formation

Neema is used in Swahili. Its origins include Arabic.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 784 girls were recorded with the name Neema between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 47 in 2019; its best national rank was #3,370 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,517 in 2020 to #4,522 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,943 in 2015 to #4,522 in 2025.

In the United States, 256 boys were recorded with the name Neema between 1977 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1999; its best national rank was #3,220 in 1984.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Neema?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,522
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Neema sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neema. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Neemas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neema was born before 2014 — so the typical Neema is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
784
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (280).

Is Neema rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−168
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+421
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.0%
Peak was 2019 (47)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,370
2019

Spellings of Neema

Neema is not the most common spelling — Emma is, with 51.0% against Neema's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Neema is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Neema was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,011,064 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in —
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Neema has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Neema is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Neema was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 348,654 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Neema has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Neema around the world

Where Neema ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2025
    #3,309
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2023
    #2,973
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1996–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Neema by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,522
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5
Best rank ever
#3,370
2019
Peak year
2019
47 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
784
Count in 2025
31

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,220
1984
Peak year
1999
18 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
256
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Neema

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Neema

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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