Neilah
Ne'ila, the concluding service, is a special Jewish prayer service that is held only on Yom Kippur. It is the time when final prayers of repentance are recited at the closing of Yom Kippur. Neilah marks the fifth Amidah of Yom Kippur, the only such occasion in the Hebrew calendar in which there are so many services.
Meaning & Origin of Neilah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ne'ila, the concluding service, is a special Jewish prayer service that is held only on Yom Kippur. It is the time when final prayers of repentance are recited at the closing of Yom Kippur. Neilah marks the fifth Amidah of Yom Kippur, the only such occasion in the Hebrew calendar in which there are so many services.
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The Story of Neilah
The earliest SSA record of Neilah as a baby girl name dates back to 2004, when 5 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Neilah — #10,447 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Neilah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Neilah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 80 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Neilah
Neilah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Neilah's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #10,447. Use the chart and map above to compare Neilah'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 .
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