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Neva

Gender
Girl
Say it
NEE-va
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,295 for girls

Neva is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).

What does Neva mean?

Possibly from the Neva River in Russia, or a short form of Geneva

Shares its name with the Neva, the river that flows through St Petersburg.

Is Neva a girl's or a boy's name?

Neva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Neva in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,776among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Neva, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Neva than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Neva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Neva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 17 in 20212025
Neva in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
202411#2,480
202311#2,481
202211#2,450
202117#1,794
20209#2,766
201915#1,958
201810#2,631
20174#4,967
20169#2,893
201511#2,458
20148#3,031
201314#2,061
20127#3,471
20111#7,717
201012#2,234
20097#3,201
20086#3,589
20079#2,543
200612#1,987
20053#4,976
20046#2,957
20033#4,560
20022#5,472
20012#5,287

How popular is Neva in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,295among girls
Babies in 2025
47about 1 in 34,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Neva, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 1920, with 558 girls.

Half of all the girls named Neva in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 112 girls in the US were given Neva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,566, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 558 in 19202025
Neva in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202547#3,295
202441#3,695
202365#2,674
202263#2,720
202162#2,751
202068#2,523
201968#2,561
201891#2,098
201796#2,035
201691#2,129
201587#2,169
201487#2,176
201379#2,326
201284#2,232
201193#2,073
201075#2,476
200993#2,148
200879#2,419
200784#2,293
200672#2,538
200562#2,700
200463#2,616
200355#2,797
200246#3,099
200143#3,194
200036#3,586
199937#3,371
199834#3,494
199729#3,812
199621#4,734
199519#5,014
199417#5,440
199332#3,417
199231#3,497
199131#3,437
199035#3,151
198928#3,560
198836#2,862
198734#2,850
198630#3,052
198531#2,938
198431#2,850
198338#2,432
198242#2,327
198142#2,342
198041#2,342
197950#2,020
197849#1,962
197750#1,952
197648#1,883
197547#1,906
197468#1,464
197369#1,418
197254#1,655
197146#1,877
197054#1,706
196964#1,465
196865#1,387
196775#1,227
196678#1,213
196579#1,208
196494#1,135
1963122#959
1962113#1,008
1961129#952
1960131#931
1959136#890
1958141#858
1957195#711
1956171#741
1955180#699
1954211#625
1953239#566
1952182#657
1951156#699
1950155#688
1949160#661
1948166#644
1947206#593
1946164#619
1945169#564
1944163#574
1943165#586
1942205#519
1941229#458
1940203#471
1939238#436
1938267#411
1937281#388
1936244#411
1935301#363
1934294#367
1933315#352
1932317#357
1931368#332
1930365#343
1929371#336
1928354#365
1927426#327
1926413#325
1925389#340
1924458#313
1923408#322
1922454#301
1921463#302
1920558#276
1919414#310
1918457#300
1917487#279
1916449#280
1915472#269
1914353#276
1913289#274
1912224#301
1911168#306
1910141#325
1909163#279
1908184#258
1907137#300
1906147#275
1905141#278
1904138#268
1903121#288
1902124#280
1901120#270
1900157#259
1899131#242
1898183#212
1897124#255
1896112#272
1895122#255
1894102#275
1893116#246
189287#288
189174#293
189074#288
188961#312
188863#296
188745#319
188649#294
188540#321
188440#304
188322#397
188222#377
188115#434
188018#388

Names like Neva

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Nora Clara Cora Eva Nina Ada Nola Nellie Lola Rosa Etta Matilda

Other spellings of Neva

Niva Neeva Nevah

Names related to Neva

Nevaeh Neve Neave Neveah Neev Neavh Nevaya Neviah

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Neva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neva, updated 20 October 2026.