Neva — #3687 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Neva

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,173 babies named Neva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neva currently holds the #3687 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 558 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Neva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,493 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Neva in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neva 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 21,173 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.