Neelam · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Neelam.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 35 recorded years as a table

Neelam, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1971	3
1973	4
1974	6
1975	3
1976	4
1979	4
1980	4
1981	3
1982	5
1983	4
1984	4
1985	3
1986	3
1987	7
1989	10
1990	14
1991	7
1992	14
1993	8
1994	6
1995	7
1996	6
1997	6
1998	3
1999	6
2000	3
2001	6
2002	3
2005	3
2011	3
2013	3
2015	3
2017	6
2021	3
2023	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Neelam isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Neelam

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023: 6
Rank in 2023: #13,462
How rare: 1 in 267,430 girls
Since 1971: 316

Neelam was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 14 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Neelam doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.