Neo
Meaning and origin
Modern coinage from English Neo of the film The Matrix. Compare also Nea.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Neo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Neo has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | 27 |
| 2002 | 33 |
| 2003 | 93 |
| 2004 | 137 |
| 2005 | 194 |
| 2006 | 224 |
| 2007 | 259 |
| 2008 | 248 |
| 2009 | 280 |
| 2010 | 304 |
| 2011 | 281 |
| 2012 | 222 |
| 2013 | 182 |
| 2014 | 173 |
| 2015 | 135 |
| 2016 | 126 |
| 2017 | 136 |
| 2018 | 116 |
| 2019 | 94 |
| 2020 | 90 |
| 2021 | 108 |
| 2022 | 86 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 50 |
| 2002 | 84 |
| 2003 | 178 |
| 2004 | 315 |
| 2005 | 502 |
| 2006 | 719 |
| 2007 | 967 |
| 2008 | 1,225 |
| 2009 | 1,512 |
| 2010 | 1,818 |
| 2011 | 2,103 |
| 2012 | 2,323 |
| 2013 | 2,511 |
| 2014 | 2,686 |
| 2015 | 2,823 |
| 2016 | 2,951 |
| 2017 | 3,090 |
| 2018 | 3,207 |
| 2019 | 3,308 |
| 2020 | 3,391 |
Neo in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Neo.Hi! My name is Neo.
- Neo bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Neo lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Neo kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Neo is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Neos mamma är lärare.Neo's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Neos mamma is Neo's mum.
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Questions about Neo
How do you pronounce Neo in Swedish?
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What does the name Neo mean?
Modern coinage from English Neo of the film The Matrix. Compare also Nea.
How popular is Neo in Sweden?
86 babies were named Neo in 2022. In 2020, 3,391 people in Sweden had Neo as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.