How Many People Are Named Neelam Singh?

There are approximately 1 people named Neelam Singh living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Neelam with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Singh. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Neelam

Last Name

Singh

Neelam: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Neelam. The peak year was 1990 with 27 births. The average person named Neelam today is 33 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Neelam

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Neelam in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Neelam rose or fell over time.

White

1.64%

Black

0.76%

Hispanic

0.76%

Asian/Pacific Islander

94.29%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.42%

Two or More Races

2.14%

Ancestry of the Singh Surname

The surname Singh was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Singh in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

4.65%

Black

3.46%

Hispanic

2.27%

Asian/Pacific Islander

85.31%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.94%

Two or More Races

3.37%

How we calculated this

The first name "Neelam" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Singh" appears at a rate of 54.74 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Neelam are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Neelam

Neelam Smith Neelam Williams Neelam Johnson Neelam Brown Neelam Garcia Neelam Jones

Other people with the surname Singh

Michael Singh James Singh John Singh David Singh Robert Singh William Singh Naomi Singh Sam Singh

Neelam Singh: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Neelam Singh?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Neelam Singh are alive in the United States today. The first name Neelam is shared by 303 Americans, and the surname Singh is shared by 187,618.

How rare is the name Neelam Singh?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Neelam is very rare and the surname Singh is common.

Is Neelam a male or female name?

Neelam is predominantly female, with 0.0% of bearers being male and 100.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1990 and the average bearer today is 33 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Neelam?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Neelam was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (94.29%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (2.14%) and White (1.64%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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