Recorded 1968–2025 · United States
Neko was most popular in 2021, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,777 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,248 people named Neko.
Neko first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1968, which makes it about 57 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 58 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,248 American births named Neko between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,228 are estimated to be alive today.
34 American babies were named Neko in 2025, ranking #7,270 that year.
Neko is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 47 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -12% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Neko is mostly a boy’s name — 19.8% of the 1,248 Americans given it were girls and 80.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 17% girls and 83% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,228 Americans named Neko are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org