Neala

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Neala: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Neala: Recorded since 2005, it reached #273 in 2018, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2012	#3681
2016	#2757
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 8 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3970 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2010–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Neala appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 125 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2005.

Neala across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Neala's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3970 (2005)	#2757 (2016)	#4843 (2024)	8 of 20	36 (2005–2024)	9 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#624 (2007)	#321 (2014)	#443 (2025)	18 of 19	125 (2007–2025)	15 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#273 (2018)	#407 (2024)	9 of 15	32 (2010–2024)	6 (2018)

Neala by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Neala in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	72	9 of 10	8
2020s	38	6 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Neala appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Neala's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nea · #2746, 15y
Neal · #154, 59y
Neamh · #316, 8y
Neasa · #222, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kaela · #273, 22y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Kalum · #274, 23y
Mathieu · #272, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aibhlinn · #273, 13y
Kayson · #272, 21y
Hoorain · #275, 16y
Lylah · #275, 22y

Neala was ranked #273 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Neala and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Neala without appearing here.

Neala moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4535 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4535 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Neala

Violet Compare
In 2017 they stood at #324 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #299.
Kylie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #324 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #336.
Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #539 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #677 and #371.
Maddison Compare
In 2014 they stood at #321 and #427 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #532 and #233.

Moved the opposite way to Neala

Ida Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Neala went from #862 to #443 while Ida went from #546 to #885.

Moved the same way as Neala

Aurora Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Neala went from #862 to #443 and Aurora from #750 to #76.
Florence Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Neala went from #862 to #443 and Florence from #430 to #196.
Riley Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Neala went from #862 to #443 and Riley from #665 to #266.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neala

Neala at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Neala across 3 official records

Neala by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Neala across 3 official records

Neala by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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