Neva
Neva is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. Its best rank was 212th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1920558 births
- Best rank
- #212in 1898
- Since 1880
- 21,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,173 girls have been named Neva in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 558 births.
The name has all but left use: 41 births in 2024, against 558 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Neva | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 375 | |
| 1890s | 1,125 | |
| 1900s | 1,432 | |
| 1910s | 3,454 | |
| 1920s | 4,294 | |
| 1930s | 2,990 | |
| 1940s | 1,830 | |
| 1950s | 1,766 | |
| 1960s | 950 | |
| 1970s | 535 | |
| 1980s | 353 | |
| 1990s | 286 | |
| 2000s | 633 | |
| 2010s | 851 | |
| 2020s | 299 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Neva was the 276th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Neva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariepeak 1920
- Fredapeak 1918
- Cecilepeak 1918
- Hildapeak 1921
- Laurettapeak 1915
- Zitapeak 1922
- Fairypeak 1917
- Verdapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.