NameTides

Neo

Neo was the #1,064 boys' name in the US in 2025 (204 babies), and #735 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Neo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Neo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Neo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,064 (204)#735 (47)#762 (3)——#1,015 (25)
2024#961 (236)#545 (70)#478 (6)#404 (3)—#927 (27)
2023#971 (226)#587 (63)#482 (6)—#770 (3)#756 (33)
2022#947 (240)#528 (74)——#572 (5)#713 (36)
2021#977 (227)#475 (85)#720 (3)#295 (6)#755 (3)#753 (35)
2020#1,101 (180)#679 (50)———#731 (34)
2019#1,413 (124)#723 (46)———#1,101 (19)
2018#1,261 (145)#636 (56)#704 (3)#416 (3)—#1,682 (10)
2017#1,804 (84)#621 (58)———#1,246 (16)
2016#1,610 (100)#681 (51)———#1,234 (16)
2015#1,826 (81)#727 (45)———#1,681 (10)
2014#1,657 (93)#659 (51)#680 (3)——#2,133 (7)
2013#2,182 (60)#762 (42)———#1,068 (19)
2012#2,016 (69)#619 (57)#568 (4)—#548 (5)#1,466 (12)
2011#1,824 (78)#671 (48)——#730 (3)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #947.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Neo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,200 to 1 in 9,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Neo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #719CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #704FL
Neo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#57920

Neo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NeoCanadaBoys#1,01525
NeoEngland & WalesGirls—too few
NeoEngland & WalesBoys#73547
NeoIrelandBoys—too few
NeoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NeoScotlandBoys#7623
NeoUSGirls—too few
NeoUSBoys#1,064204