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How popular is the name Neva?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nevas are alive today.
Neva (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 13 babies were given the name, the 2073rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak.
The Neva you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 19: the name has two living generations. Half of all Nevas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 19, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Neva - on average, only one in every 1,750 such rooms contains a Neva.
How many babies are named Neva each year?
Where does Neva rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Neva most popular?
Neva peaked in 2021, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Neva?
At least 180 people named Neva born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Neva?
Most living Nevas are between 5 and 19; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 19.
Is Neva becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.