Neva

#3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births · Last seen for boys in 1918 at #3,728
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1898 · 183 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,220
since 1880

Neva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Neva has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #212, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,29647
2024#3,69541
2023#2,67465
2022#2,72063
2021#2,75162
2020#2,52368
2019#2,56168
2018#2,09891
2017#2,03596
2016#2,12991
2015#2,16987
2014#2,17687
2013#2,32679
2012#2,23284
2011#2,07393
2010#2,47675
2009#2,14893
2008#2,41979
2007#2,29384
2006#2,53872
2005#2,70462
2004#2,62063
2003#2,80055
2002#3,10346
2001#3,19843
2000#3,59136
1999#3,37437
1998#3,49734
1997#3,81529
1996#4,73921
1995#5,01919
1994#5,44517
1993#3,42232
1992#3,50331
1991#3,44331
1990#3,15635
1989#3,56628
1988#2,86736
1987#2,85234
1986#3,05430
1985#2,93931
1984#2,85131
1983#2,43338
1982#2,32742
1981#2,34242
1980#2,34241
1979#2,02050
1978#1,96249
1977#1,95250
1976#1,88348
1975#1,90647
1974#1,46468
1973#1,41869
1972#1,65554
1971#1,87746
1970#1,70654
1969#1,46564
1968#1,38765
1967#1,22775
1966#1,21378
1965#1,20879
1964#1,13594
1963#959122
1962#1,008113
1961#952129
1960#932131
1959#891136
1958#859141
1957#712195
1956#742171
1955#700180
1954#626211
1953#567239
1952#658182
1951#700156
1950#689155
1949#662160
1948#645166
1947#593206
1946#619164
1945#564169
1944#574163
1943#586165
1942#519205
1941#458229
1940#471203
1939#436238
1938#411267
1937#388281
1936#411244
1935#363301
1934#367294
1933#352315
1932#357317
1931#332368
1930#343365
1929#336371
1928#365354
1927#327426
1926#325413
1925#340389
1924#313458
1923#322408
1922#301454
1921#302463
1920#276558
1919#310414
1918#300457#3,7286
1917#279487
1916#280449
1915#269472
1914#276353
1913#274289
1912#301224
1911#306168
1910#325141
1909#279163
1908#258184
1907#300137
1906#275147
1905#278141
1904#268138
1903#288121
1902#280124
1901#270120
1900#259157
1899#242131
1898#212183
1897#255124
1896#272112
1895#255122
1894#275102
1893#246116
1892#28887
1891#29374
1890#28874
1889#31261
1888#29663
1887#31945
1886#29449
1885#32140
1884#30440
1883#39722
1882#37722
1881#43415
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Neva was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 23 girls a year got the name.

See more about Neva
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 399 spots since 2024 (#3,695#3,296)
  • 773 spots since 2020 (#2,523#3,296)
  • 1,127 spots since 2015 (#2,169#3,296)
  • Biggest jump: 93 spots in 1884 (#397#304)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1964 (#959#1,135)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1898 at #212 (183 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,414
  • Highest: 1 in 1,414 girls born in 1898 were named Neva (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all girls named Neva (4,294) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s375#294 (1886)#344
1890s1,125#212 (1898)#263
1900s1,432#258 (1908)#276
1910s3,454#269 (1915)#292
1920s4,294#276 (1920)#321
1930s2,990#332 (1931)#376
1940s1,830#458 (1941)#569
1950s1,766#567 (1953)#714
1960s950#932 (1960)#1,149
1970s535#1,418 (1973)#1,784
1980s353#2,327 (1982)#2,757
1990s286#3,156 (1990)#3,941
2000s633#2,148 (2009)#2,741
2010s851#2,035 (2017)#2,228
2020s346#2,523 (2020)#2,943

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Neva in 1948

girls
#645
166 births · 1 in 10,228 girls

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #645Neva166
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 10,228 of them was named Neva, which outranked 89.3% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Neva
  1. #639Portia169
  2. #643Cleo168
  3. #644Letha167
  4. #645Neva166
  5. #645Daphne166
  6. #645Elise166
  7. #645Leanne166
  8. #649Angeline165
  9. #649Malinda165
  10. #651Starr164

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 555Shawn#1,510#955
  2. 549Regena#1,488#939
  3. 491Regenia#1,255#764
  4. 460Mickie#1,228#768
  5. 413Shirleen#1,377#964
Fallers
  1. 408Michaele#859#1,267
  2. 358Marge#969#1,327
  3. 334Ilona#875#1,209
  4. 282Trudi#875#1,157
  5. 248Marylyn#909#1,157

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948