Neville
Neville was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,700 among boys’ names; 2,418 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,500 Americans named Neville and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 29 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Neville by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Neville mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Neville is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of 16th century and later usage.” Its etymology gives the senses “Néel's estate” (literally) and “new settlement” (literally).
A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (literally “Néel’s estate”) or Neuville (literally “new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville.
Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh or Ó Cnaimhín.
/ˈnɛvəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Neville?
#6,700 among boys’ names, 2025
Neville fell from #5,447 in 2015 to #6,700 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 8.9 to 7.6 per million.
42 babies in 1975, the peak
Neville peaked in 1975, when 42 boys were given it, #1,355 among boys’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 31% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,700 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 7 | #10,598 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,592 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,633 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,807 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,096 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,990 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,557 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,477 | 9.0 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,447 | 8.9 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | #7,392 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,144 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,979 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 8 | #9,353 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,947 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,553 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,795 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,831 | 7.2 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,527 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,766 | 9.0 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,940 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,462 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,842 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,305 | 5.7 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,970 | 7.6 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,933 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,343 | 8.4 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,546 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,995 | 13.2 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,652 | 9.5 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,819 | 13.5 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,749 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,388 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,077 | 17.8 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,350 | 14.6 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,584 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,227 | 14.6 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,094 | 15.5 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,480 | 11.9 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,671 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,622 | 20.5 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,938 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,095 | 14.3 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,310 | 12.3 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,792 | 17.9 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,214 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,631 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,889 | 16.4 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,811 | 17.8 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,355 | 26.9 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,775 | 17.2 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,186 | 12.2 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,755 | 16.0 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,513 | 18.7 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,537 | 16.7 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,709 | 13.4 |
| 1968 | 17 | #2,010 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,593 | 13.8 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,566 | 14.0 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,703 | 11.8 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,343 | 17.6 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,533 | 13.3 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,837 | 9.7 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,806 | 9.9 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,676 | 11.3 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,613 | 11.7 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,579 | 11.8 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,929 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,799 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,766 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,021 | 7.8 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,811 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,787 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,761 | 10.1 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,790 | 10.1 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,803 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,999 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,325 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,733 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,524 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,161 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,145 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,520 | 15.9 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,628 | 15.5 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,509 | 18.1 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,415 | 20.8 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,270 | 25.2 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,364 | 23.4 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,448 | 21.2 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,352 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,770 | 16.5 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,009 | 41.4 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,570 | 20.1 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,679 | 18.3 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,452 | 23.7 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,654 | 19.5 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,595 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,500 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,453 | 23.4 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,851 | 17.0 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,107 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,538 | 22.8 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,494 | 23.9 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,575 | 21.8 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,861 | 17.9 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,519 | 24.5 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,394 | 26.6 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,791 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,403 | 28.1 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,403 | 13.0 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,333 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,213 | 15.6 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,469 | 14.0 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,927 | 22.1 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,003 | 61.0 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,057 | 52.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Neville a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,418 Americans recorded as Neville, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 13 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Neville: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Neville, and how old are they?
1,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 2,418 Americans ever recorded as Neville. The median Neville alive today is 44 years old; half are between 29 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 3,933 people named Neville (117 women and girls, 3,816 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,567 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 267 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 369 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 406 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 228 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 160 |
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 Neville born?
The states with the most babies named Neville are New York, Florida and Kentucky, with 94% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 337 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Florida | 57 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Kentucky | 32 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| California | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Texas | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Mississippi | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Neville is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Neville is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 boys’ 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 Neville 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,444 babies since 1880, Neville is the most given (99% of them).
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 Neville
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 Neville and names like it
- Compare Neville and NevilBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sNeville peaked in 1975.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Neville since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Neville: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Neville.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Neville alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with NMost given first.