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Neyda vs Neytiri

American parents have registered 682 Neydas since 1880, against 234 Neytiris. But in 2025 it was Neytiri that was commoner, 14 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Neyda against Neytiri, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Neyda Neytiri

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 47 years in which either name was published, Neyda for 32 years and Neytiri for 15 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Neyda Neytiri
Total US births 682234
Most in one year 5322
Babies in 2025 under 514
Estimated living today 670230
Median age today 237
Peak year 20022023
Best rank 2,819th girls5,549th girls
Rank in 2025 unranked7,491st
First recorded 19562010
Girls / boys 682 / 0234 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Neydas alive today are over 23; half the Neytiris are over 7. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Neyda and Neytiri.