Neva
Neva was given to 47 girls in 2025, #3,332 among girls’ names; 21,226 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,870 Americans named Neva and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 24 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Neva by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Neva?
#3,332 among girls’ names, 2025
Neva fell from #2,187 in 2015 to #3,332 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 48.7 to 29.2 per million.
558 babies in 1920, the peak
Neva peaked in 1920, when 558 girls were given it, #276 among girls’ names. The 47 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,332 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,736 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,693 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,746 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,778 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,542 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,586 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 91 | #2,111 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,050 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,141 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #2,187 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,193 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,340 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,258 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,083 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,490 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 93 | #2,159 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,435 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,306 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,551 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,719 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,635 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,825 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,125 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,238 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,634 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,418 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,544 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,868 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,832 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,163 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,621 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,481 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,552 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,507 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,199 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,640 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,907 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,893 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,101 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,987 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,893 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,461 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,355 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,362 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,378 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,042 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,981 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,967 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,900 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,926 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,465 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,427 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,663 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,896 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,713 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,476 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,398 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 75 | #1,235 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 78 | #1,221 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 79 | #1,215 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 94 | #1,140 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 122 | #962 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 113 | #1,012 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 129 | #953 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 131 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 136 | #892 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 141 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 195 | #712 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 171 | #743 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 180 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 211 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 239 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 182 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 156 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 155 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 160 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 166 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 206 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 164 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 169 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 163 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 165 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 205 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 229 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 203 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 238 | #437 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 267 | #412 | 0.24 |
| 1937 | 281 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1936 | 244 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1935 | 301 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1934 | 294 | #367 | 0.28 |
| 1933 | 315 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1932 | 317 | #357 | 0.30 |
| 1931 | 368 | #332 | 0.35 |
| 1930 | 365 | #343 | 0.32 |
| 1929 | 371 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1928 | 354 | #365 | 0.31 |
| 1927 | 426 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1926 | 413 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1925 | 389 | #340 | 0.32 |
| 1924 | 458 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1923 | 408 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1922 | 454 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1921 | 463 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1920 | 558 | #276 | 0.47 |
| 1919 | 414 | #311 | 0.37 |
| 1918 | 457 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1917 | 487 | #279 | 0.45 |
| 1916 | 449 | #281 | 0.43 |
| 1915 | 472 | #269 | 0.48 |
| 1914 | 353 | #277 | 0.46 |
| 1913 | 289 | #276 | 0.46 |
| 1912 | 224 | #303 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 168 | #306 | 0.40 |
| 1910 | 141 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 163 | #279 | 0.47 |
| 1908 | 184 | #259 | 0.55 |
| 1907 | 137 | #300 | 0.43 |
| 1906 | 147 | #275 | 0.50 |
| 1905 | 141 | #279 | 0.48 |
| 1904 | 138 | #271 | 0.50 |
| 1903 | 121 | #288 | 0.46 |
| 1902 | 124 | #282 | 0.47 |
| 1901 | 120 | #270 | 0.50 |
| 1900 | 157 | #260 | 0.52 |
| 1899 | 131 | #242 | 0.56 |
| 1898 | 183 | #212 | 0.71 |
| 1897 | 124 | #255 | 0.53 |
| 1896 | 112 | #272 | 0.47 |
| 1895 | 122 | #256 | 0.52 |
| 1894 | 102 | #276 | 0.46 |
| 1893 | 116 | #246 | 0.54 |
| 1892 | 87 | #290 | 0.41 |
| 1891 | 74 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1890 | 74 | #288 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 61 | #314 | 0.34 |
| 1888 | 63 | #301 | 0.35 |
| 1887 | 45 | #321 | 0.31 |
| 1886 | 49 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1885 | 40 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1884 | 40 | #312 | 0.31 |
| 1883 | 22 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 22 | #387 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 15 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 18 | #401 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Neva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Neva has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Neva: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Neva, and how old are they?
6,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 21,226 Americans ever recorded as Neva. The median Neva alive today is 63 years old; half are between 24 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 7,621 people named Neva (7,595 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,926 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,340 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 866 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 484 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 975 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 939 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Neva born?
The states with the most babies named Neva are Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Missouri and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,498 | #3,662 | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 915 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Oklahoma | 910 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| California | 840 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 818 | #1,236 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 760 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Kansas | 723 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Iowa | 611 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 509 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 506 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Neva is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Neva is most over-represented in Kansas: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Neva with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 128,485 babies since 1880, Neva is the second most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 47 of their 2,119 babies (2.2%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Neva
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Neva and names like it
- Compare Neva and NevaehBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNeva peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Neva since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Neva.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Neva alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.