How rare is the name Neville?

3,933 people in the United States have the first name Neville, about 1 in 76,794. It ranks #4,654 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NEVILLE

#4,654

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,933
About
1 in 76,794
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,933 people named Neville, 61% reported their origin as Black, 22.5% as White and 8.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Neville peaked in 1975, when 42 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
1975
Births that year
42
In 2025*
13 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,418 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.

Neville by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,814. The largest share of babies named Neville, 17.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#3,75917
1910s#2,945172
1920s#2,938260
1930s#2,814233
1940s#3,690172
1950s#3,963199
1960s#3,959239
1970s#4,405273
1980s#5,245268
1990s#6,955247
2000s#13,317135
2010s#13,313143
2020s#16,19060
Greatest Generation 1901–2716.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.1%
Baby boom 1946–6416.3%
Generation X 1965–8017.2%
Millennials 1981–9617.7%
Generation Z 1997–129.6%
2013 and later6.7%

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.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Neville, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Neville ranks #3,128 of 156,621, with 11,230 people. See Neville as a last name

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