Neiva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Neiva

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Neiva between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neiva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neiva performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Neiva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Neiva in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neiva 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 124 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.