Nevaeh — #133 US girls' name
96,603 babies named Nevaeh in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Nevaeh was born in this single decade.
6,818 babies were named Nevaeh in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nevaeh
The Social Security Administration has registered 96,603 babies named Nevaeh between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nevaeh currently holds the #133 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 6,818 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nevaeh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 45,011 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nevaeh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,666 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nevaeh in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nevaeh 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 96,603 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.
Nevaeh at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Nevaeh popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2007)
- 6,818
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #133 among girls.
96,603 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 6,818 births in a single year.
Nevaeh popularity over time — boys
427 total births recorded since 2001 (Nevaeh as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nevaeh accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nevaeh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 45,011 births that decade — 47% of Nevaeh's all-time total
Nevaeh decade highlights
- Peak decade 45,011 births
- Runner-up 38,048 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nevaeh's strongest decade
45,011 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Nevaeh by state
Where Nevaeh concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9,666 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9,248 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5,769 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 4,436 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 3,771 | 3.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 3,762 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 3,560 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 3,559 | 3.7% |
9,666 of 96,603 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nevaeh appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.