Neer

#8,051 in 2025Boys' name

Short form of Reneer

Neer has been given to 112 babies in the U.S. since 2010. In 2025 it ranked #8,051 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Neer, 2025

1 in 332,000

Neer over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Neer: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Reneer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Neer means

Neer is a short form of Reneer.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Reneer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 112 boys were recorded with the name Neer between 2010 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,722 in 2022.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,458 in 2015 to #8,051 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Neer?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,051; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Neer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Neers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neer was born before 2019 — so the typical Neer is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 112; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Neer 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: +5,593; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,407; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 76.9%; Peak was 2022 (13)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,722; 2022

Spellings of Neer

Neer is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 48.0% against Neer's <0.01%.

Peter48.0%589,588
Lee19.0%233,627
Neil8.5%104,869
Neal4.5%55,048
Noel4.2%52,096
Reed2.9%36,056
Noe1.9%23,494
Iker1.5%18,921

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.

Neer around the world

Where Neer 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
2004–2022
#4,790
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neer by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,051
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,722; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 13 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 112
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Neer

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

Neeom Neerav Neeko Meer Neev Abeer Dheer Neema Ahmeer Neelan Nameer Aseer Kaveer Dameer Safeer Neely Yaseer Kabeer Neevan Maheer Neel Zameer Aveer Muneer

Sibling names for Neer

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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