Given name
Neha
“one who loves and is loved”
Neha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,351
- 0 boys · 4,351 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 223 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,662 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,662 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 223 in 2004. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,101 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neha’s family of names
In English usage, Neha shares an earlier linguistic root with Snow. Neha has a related form in Nehah. Neha has a related form in Nyha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Neha
- Neha DhupiaIndian actressborn 1980
- Neha SharmaIndian actressborn 1987
- Neha KakkarIndian singer (born 1988)
- Neha BhasinIndian singerborn 1982
- Neha Mehtaactressborn 1978
- Neha AhujaIndian alpine skierborn 1981
- Neha DixitIndian journalist
- Neha PendseIndian actressborn 1984
- Neha MahajanIndian film actress (born 1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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