Neva
English name of uncertain background, explained both as a clipped form of Geneva or Genevieve and as a use of the Spanish nieve, meaning snow.
Neva in 2025
Neva was given to 47 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 5,891st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 70,539 babies born.
The history of Neva
Neva reached its highest point in 1920, when 558 babies were given the name, ranking 505th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 320th, in 1898.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 21,226 babies have been named Neva. Half of them were born before 1929, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Neva by decade
| Decade | Babies named Neva | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 375 | 520 |
| 1890s | 1,125 | 320 |
| 1900s | 1,432 | 396 |
| 1910s | 3,460 | 489 |
| 1920s | 4,294 | 505 |
| 1930s | 2,990 | 615 |
| 1940s | 1,830 | 825 |
| 1950s | 1,766 | 1,018 |
| 1960s | 950 | 1,585 |
| 1970s | 535 | 2,305 |
| 1980s | 353 | 3,709 |
| 1990s | 286 | 5,128 |
| 2000s | 633 | 3,787 |
| 2010s | 851 | 3,638 |
| 2020s | 346 | 4,487 |
Where Neva is heading
Neva has fallen 46% over the past decade, from 87 babies in 2015 to 47 in 2025.
Names like Neva
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Neva.