Neta
Neta is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Neta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Neta is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Neta
Neta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1881, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 82 births, good for #797 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Netas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Neta
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About the name Neta
Neta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Neta's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #797. Use the chart and map above to compare Neta'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.