Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname, it is an Anglicized, shortened form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh (or McNeilly), meaning “son of the poet.”
20062006: 55 births, rank #3,054
2007: 55 births, rank #3,125
2008: 48 births, rank #3,420
2009: 51 births, rank #3,252
2010: 47 births, rank #3,409
20112011: 48 births, rank #3,350
2012: 55 births, rank #3,040
2013: 49 births, rank #3,267
2014: 52 births, rank #3,137
2015: 38 births, rank #3,915
20162016: 44 births, rank #3,523
2017: 37 births, rank #3,996
2018: 33 births, rank #4,237
2019: 36 births, rank #4,006
2020: 24 births, rank #5,168
20212021: 33 births, rank #4,245
2022: 33 births, rank #4,295
2023: 31 births, rank #4,454
2024: 25 births, rank #5,148
20252025: 35 births, rank #4,067
In 2025, 35 babies were recorded with the name Neely, ranking #4,067 among girls.