How Many People Are Named Neva?
people named Neva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,624 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,226 babies named Neva in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
558 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of GENEVA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Neva in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Neva alive today is about 54 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 24 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Neva first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 558 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Neva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #212, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #3,332.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,332 |
| Best rank | #212 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #324 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Neva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Neva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 545 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neva was given 4.1 times as often in Kansas, 3.6 times in Oklahoma and 2.8 times in Idaho.
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