Neko
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#3379
recorded as boys
Up 607 since 2024
Babies in 2025
34
boys 34
Peak year
2021
55 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,248
since 1968
Born a Neko? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Neko was most popular in 2021, when 55 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 34 babies were named Neko, ranking #3379 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 34 | 3379 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | 27 | 3986 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | 33 | 3474 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 38 | 3151 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | 55 | 2439 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13453 | 36 | 3136 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9112 | 26 | 4003 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11427 | 26 | 3993 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11615 | 31 | 3518 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8393 | 31 | 3524 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | 30 | 3591 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8053 | 33 | 3297 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9612 | 38 | 2955 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | 49 | 2517 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9150 | 28 | 3695 |
| 2010 | 18 | 6904 | 35 | 3181 |
| 2009 | 19 | 6811 | 38 | 3045 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | 28 | 3744 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | 35 | 3188 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | 21 | 4370 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | 16 | 5034 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | 21 | 4129 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 19 | 4276 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 28 | 3188 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 16 | 4676 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 23 | 3536 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 13 | 5035 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 18 | 3849 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 15 | 4094 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 14 | 4227 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 29 | 2467 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 20 | 3105 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 18 | 3309 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 20 | 2765 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6246 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 20% · boys 80% across all years