Neria

#14,436 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Neriah

Neria has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #14,436 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Neria, 2025

1 in 553,000

Neria over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Neria: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Neriah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Neria means

Neria is a form of Neriah.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Neria is used in Hebrew.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Neria → Neriah. The family’s meaning is “lamp of Yahweh”, recorded in the naming reference for Neriah.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Neriah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 68 girls were recorded with the name Neria between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2013; its best national rank was #8,920 in 2013.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,683 in 2015 to #14,436 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 Neria?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,436; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Neria 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nerias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neria was born before 2012 — so the typical Neria is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 69.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 68; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 69.1% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Neria 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,753; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.75×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 46.2%; Peak was 2013 (13)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,920; 2013

Spellings of Neria

Neria is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 20.0% against Neria's <0.01%.

Maria20.0%566,111
Erin11.2%316,575
Norma9.8%278,071
Erica8.2%231,613
Nora6.8%193,138
Vera5.3%149,456
Erika4.4%125,664
Aria3.4%95,674

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.

Neria around the world

Where Neria 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
2013–2013
#5,742
in 2013
France
2020–2020
#7,058
in 2020
South Australia
2011–2011
#840
in 2011

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

Neria by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,436
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,920; 2013
Peak year: 2013; 13 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 68
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Neria

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

Nerea Ezria Lyria Nerva Neri Neriya Astria Nerine Ezaria Zyaria Azeria Elyria Ahria Nerida Azuria Izaria Luria Noria Suria Nerina Alaria Lunaria Aloria Nera

Sibling names for Neria

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

Abagail Shyann Halie Annabell Sydni Allyssa Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod

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