Neeli
Neeli is a former Pakistani film actress who acted in Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi and Punjabi language films.
Meaning & Origin of Neeli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Neeli is a former Pakistani film actress who acted in Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi and Punjabi language films.
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The Story of Neeli
Neeli first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 7 births, good for #13,149 nationwide. About 48% of every Neeli on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Neeli last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Neeli most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- India54%
- Pakistan15%
- Turkey13%
- United States13%
- United Kingdom5%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Neeli
Neeli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 23 births in the dataset. Neeli's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #13,149. Use the chart and map above to compare Neeli's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.