Girls' name · since 2003
Nev
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Nev, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,233 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
35 babies have been named Nev since 2003, making it today's #16047 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Nev recorded 35 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #16047 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #39,233 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,047 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nev ranks #39,233 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,047 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,233 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nev's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nev compares
35 12th 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
Nev's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nev | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nev's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nev by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Nev's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Nev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (40% of all-time use).
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Nev 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.