Neha
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning rain; moisture.
Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies
Neha by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Neha. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 223 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Neha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nevasnow; from Neva River94 in the US (2017)
- Nelabright light; a diminutive form of Helen45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nuhaintelligence; wisdom33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nedavoice or sound21 in the US (2017)
- Nenaa form of Nene; girl, young woman19 in the US (2017)
- Nehalgift or blessing9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Neha, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Neha
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