Neymar
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Meaning
modern Brazilian coinage, shared with his father Neymar Sr.; famously borne by Neymar Jr.
The story
Neymar is that rare thing, a name invented within living memory: a modern Brazilian coinage that belonged to Neymar dos Santos Sr. before he passed it to his son. Neymar Jr. made it world-famous, dazzling for Santos as a teenager, winning the 2015 Champions League at Barcelona alongside Messi and Suárez, then moving to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 for a transfer fee that remains the highest ever paid, and eventually passing Pelé as Brazil's all-time leading scorer. Few players have carried more hope, hype, and heartbreak at once. The name's American life tracks his almost exactly: nothing at all in US records until the 2010s, when it suddenly appears just as he became a global star. The timing lines up, even if no chart can prove it. Neymar remains an uncommon, unmistakable choice, a one-man name in the way Pelé's was.
How popular is Neymar around the world?
In the United States, 471 babies were named Neymar between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 4 boys named Neymar were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
Neymar is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico City, France, Spain and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 46,000
In the United States, 471 babies were named Neymar between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Neymar peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Montevideo City
1 in 6,2002011
In Montevideo, 4 boys named Neymar were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Argentina
1 in 25,000
In Argentina, 27 newborns were given the name Neymar in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Chile
1 in 59,000
In Chile, 3 boys were registered as Neymar in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Brazil
1 in 83,000
At the 2022 census, 2,443 people in Brazil were named Neymar, ranked 4,486th, with a median age of 11.
Among people named Neymar living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 131 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Mexico City City
1 in 120,000
In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Neymar in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
France
1 in 130,000
In France, about 5 boys named Neymar were born in 2025, ranked 5,759th among boys that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Spain
1 in 170,000
In Spain, 269 residents are named Neymar, ranked 3,682nd among men, with a mean age of 8.5 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
England and Wales
1 in 200,000
In England and Wales, 3 boys named Neymar were born in 2025, ranked 5,137th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Austria
last on record 2020
Neymar is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Canada
last on record 2016
Neymar is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Puerto Rico
last on record 2021
Neymar is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 10 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on the record in Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Neymar
Most people given the name Neymar in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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