How rare is the name Neva?

7,621 people in the United States have the first name Neva, about 1 in 39,631. It ranks #2,955 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NEVA

#2,955

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,621
About
1 in 39,631
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,621 people named Neva, 81.4% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Black and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Neva peaked in 1920, when 558 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
558
In 2025*
47 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 21,226 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Neva by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #399. The largest share of babies named Neva, 39.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#602375
1890s#3991,125
1900s#4231,432
1910s#5153,460
1920s#5984,294
1930s#6812,990
1940s#1,0131,830
1950s#1,2531,766
1960s#1,854950
1970s#2,844535
1980s#4,312353
1990s#6,241286
2000s#4,578633
2010s#3,959851
2020s#5,088346
Before 19017.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.8%
Baby boom 1946–6414.4%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–124.6%
2013 and later4.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Neva is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Neva has been most common in Kansas (5.1×), Oklahoma (5×), and Nebraska (3.6×), and least common in Florida (0.21×).

13,229 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Neva

#2,953 Austen · 7,627#2,954 Jaida · 7,624#2,956 Soraya · 7,619#2,956 Sutton · 7,619

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Neva, most common first.

#10,042 Neve · 1,348#19,505 Nevah · 541#31,941 Nevia · 266#32,469 Neiva · 259#32,621 Neeva · 257#37,614 Nevea · 207#46,856 Neyva · 141

Also a last name

As a last name, Neva ranks #62,198 of 156,621, with 348 people. See Neva as a last name

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