Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Neomi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neomi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,847
- 0 boys · 1,847 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,399 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,399 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,194 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Neomi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Neomi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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