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Neri

#13,324 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Neri has been given to 878 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #13,324 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 82 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Neri, 2025

1 in 663,000

Neri over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Neri over time

In 2025, Neri went to 62% girls and 38% boys.

19522025

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.

Neri: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Neri means

Neri is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Neri is used in Italian and Portuguese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Neri is pronounced /ˈne.ri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 650 boys were recorded with the name Neri between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 82 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,792 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,479 in 2020 to #13,324 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,209 in 2015 to #13,324 in 2025.

In the United States, 228 girls were recorded with the name Neri between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2014; its best national rank was #8,472 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,066 in 2020 to #11,630 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,076 in 2015 to #11,630 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Neri?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,324
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Neri 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Neris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neri was born before 2008 — so the typical Neri is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
47.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
650
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 47.2% of all recorded uses (307).

Is Neri 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
−7,737
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+155
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,115
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.1%
Peak was 2007 (82)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
48.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,792
2007

Spellings of Neri

Neri is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 50.6% against Neri's 0.04%.

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 Neri is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Neri was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 233,708 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3North Carolina1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 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. Neri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Neri is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Neri was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,768,356 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Neri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Neri around the world

Where Neri 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
    2022–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    2016–2024
    #5,976
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Neri by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,324
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 155
Best rank ever
#1,792
2007
Peak year
2007
82 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
650
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,630
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,564
Best rank ever
#8,472
2018
Peak year
2014
13 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
228
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Neri

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

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Sibling names for Neri

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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