Neven — #9185 US boys' name
429 babies named Neven in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Neven was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Neven in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neven
The Social Security Administration has registered 429 babies named Neven between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neven currently holds the #9185 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Neven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Neven in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neven 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 429 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.
Neven at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2006)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #9185 among boys.
429 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 23 births in a single year.
Neven popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2009 (Neven as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Neven accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Neven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 172 births that decade — 40% of Neven's all-time total
Neven decade highlights
- Peak decade 172 births
- Runner-up 147 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Neven's strongest decade
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Neven by state
Where Neven concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 429 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.