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How popular is the name Neville?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nevilles are alive today.
Neville (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 3 in 2025, ranked 5137th. The name peaked in 1934, when around 420 babies were given the name, the 83rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 13,000 babies have been named Neville in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Neville you are most likely to meet is around 75 years old. Half of all Nevilles born in England and Wales are between 57 and 80, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Neville.
How many babies are named Neville each year?
Where does Neville rank among boys' 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 Neville most popular?
Neville peaked in 1934, when around 420 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Neville?
At least 10,000 people named Neville born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Neville?
Most living Nevilles are between 57 and 80; the most common age is about 75.
Is Neville becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1934 peak.