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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #212, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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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.

Where Neva is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMNIllinois: #235 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,939 girlsILWisconsin: #195 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,418 girlsWIMichigan: #181 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsMINew York: #357 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,311 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedRIOregon: #89 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 315 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedSDIowa: #154 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 881 girlsIAIndiana: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,125 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedCONebraska: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 533 girlsNEMissouri: #226 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,430 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #181 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 885 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNMKansas: #135 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 599 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #168 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 797 girlsOKLouisiana: #180 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 819 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedHITexas: #329 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,775 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Neva, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#89 · 1 in 315
  2. Nebraska#121 · 1 in 533
  3. Kansas#135 · 1 in 599
  4. Iowa#154 · 1 in 881
  5. Oklahoma#168 · 1 in 797

Best ever in a state: #81 in Idaho, 1928.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#8951 in 315
Nebraska#12171 in 533
Kansas#13591 in 599
Iowa#15471 in 881
Oklahoma#168101 in 797
Indiana#17871 in 1,125
Louisiana#180111 in 819
Michigan#18191 in 1,045
West Virginia#18171 in 885
Wisconsin#19551 in 1,418
California#22051 in 1,320
Missouri#22681 in 1,430
Illinois#235101 in 1,939
Pennsylvania#32571 in 4,931
Texas#329111 in 1,775
New York#35771 in 5,311
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1911

girls
#306
168 births · 1 in 2,490 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #306Neva168
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 2,490 of them was named Neva, which outranked 89.3% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Neva
  1. #303Delia170
  2. #303Frankie170
  3. #305Billie169
  4. #306Neva168
  5. #306Nola168
  6. #306Roxie168
  7. #309Annabelle164
  8. #310Pearlie163
  9. #311Rhoda161

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

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →