Neave — #16385 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Neave

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Neave between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neave currently holds the #16385 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neave performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Neave shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neave in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neave in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 174 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.