Girls' name · since 1988
Neiva
Neiva has 130 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Neiva is the #13697 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 130 recorded since 1988.
Neiva has 130 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13697 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #24,278 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,697 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 1988
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neiva ranks #24,278 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,697 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 130 born since 1988, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Neiva's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Neiva compares
130 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Neiva's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neiva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Neiva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neiva's full recorded timeline at 2013, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neiva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Neiva by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (41 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Neiva's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Neiva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 41 births (32% of all-time use).
Neiva by state
Where Neiva concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 20.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 7.7% |
27 of 130 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Neiva's data
- Neiva's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Neivas (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Neiva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Neiva draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.