Neo

maleStatistical record

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

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

Neo: Recorded every year since 2000, it reached #206 in 2022, and it stood at #384 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#206highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Neo's record

Moved 170 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2011	#4764

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 2000 to 2024.

In 2024: #347 among boys in Norway, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #478 among boys in Scotland, #545 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 2000–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #436 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #206 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 2002–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #384 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Neo appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 1,563 births with the name.

Neo across 5 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.

Neo'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 · Boys	#436 (2000)	#294 (2003)	#545 (2024)	25 of 25	1,563 (2000–2024)	99 (2003)
Norway · Boys	#541 (2002)	#206 (2022)	#384 (2025)	23 of 24	303 (2002–2025)	23 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#730 (2011)	#548 (2012)	#770 (2023)	5 of 13	19 (2011–2023)	5 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#4373 (2003)	#4764 (2011)	2 of 9	7 (2003–2011)	4 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#416 (2018)	#295 (2021)	#404 (2024)	3 of 7	12 (2018–2024)	6 (2021)

Neo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Neo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	716	10 of 10	72
2010s	505	10 of 10	51
2020s	342	5 of 10	68

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 72 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 43, from 56 to 99.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Neo 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 5 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #206 in Norway in 2022.

Neo'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	male	#545	70	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#587	63	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#528	74	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#475	85	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#723	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#636	56	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#621	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#681	51	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#727	45	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#659	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#762	42	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#619	57	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#671	48	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#635	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#532	64	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#405	91	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#465	73	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#357	96	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#461	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#368	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#294	99	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#403	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#428	50	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#436	48	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#384	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#347	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#223	21	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#206	22	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#240	17	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#279	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#321	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#245	20	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#282	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#291	16	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#224	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#360	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#332	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#348	12	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#340	11	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#572	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#541	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 2000 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #206, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 99 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 24 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.

Nelly · #132, 61y
Nelson · #375, 29y
Nerea · #3148, 14y
Neriah · #411, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Aryan · #205, 31y
Milana · #209, 25y
Natan · #210, 27y
Noa · #199, 29y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Carragh · #207, 13y
Elian · #207, 25y
Othelie · #205, 22y
Dottie · #204, 17y

Neo was ranked #206 in Norway · Boys in 2022. 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.

Neo 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 Neo without appearing here.

Neo moved ahead of

Steven Compare
In 2020 they stood at #679 and #619 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #475 and #790.
Andrew Compare
In 2013 they stood at #451 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #224 and #518.
Shea Compare
In 2013 they stood at #762 and #684 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #659 and #935.
Joseph Compare
In 2017 they stood at #277 and #275 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #245 and #516.

Moved ahead of Neo

Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #636 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #723 and #493.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #405 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #532 and #311.
Filip Compare
In 2006 they stood at #357 and #443 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #465 and #253.
Oskar Compare
In 2006 they stood at #357 and #407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #465 and #258.

Moved the opposite way to Neo

Kim Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Neo went from #541 to #223 while Kim went from #109 to #370.
Richard Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Neo went from #541 to #223 while Richard went from #183 to #481.
Trond Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Neo went from #541 to #223 while Trond went from #243 to #446.
Kjetil Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Neo went from #541 to #206 while Kjetil went from #221 to #420.

Moved the same way as Neo

Brooke Compare
Between 2000 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Neo went from #436 to #679 and Brooke from #1425 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Neo went from #436 to #723 and Shannon from #1703 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 2000 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Neo went from #436 to #727 and Kim from #2142 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 2000 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Neo went from #436 to #727 and Tayla from #2501 to #4747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 5 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #206 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neo

Neo at a glance

What stands out in Neo's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Neo across 5 official records

Neo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Neo appears in

Popularity data

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Neo at a glance

What stands out in Neo's record

Neo across 5 official records

Neo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Neo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Neo

Neo and the names beside it

Neo moved ahead of

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