Nevaeh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ne-VAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #146 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #165 for girls
Nevaeh is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “heaven, reversed”. In 2025 it ranked 146th for girls in the UK (386 babies) and 165th for girls in the US (1,828 babies).
What does Nevaeh mean?
Modern: heaven spelled backwards
“heaven, reversed”
Heaven spelled backwards; it took off after Christian rock singer Sonny Sandoval gave it to his daughter in 2000.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nevaeh a girl's or a boy's name?
Nevaeh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 386 girls in the UK and 1,828 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nevaeh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #146among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 386about 1 in 720 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 386 girls in the UK were named Nevaeh, making it the 146th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 111th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 547 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Nevaeh than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Nevaeh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 408 girls in the UK were given Nevaeh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #156.
- Nevaeh 386
- Neveah 22
Among girls in 2025, it was 137th in England and Wales, 256th in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.
Nevaeh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 386 | #146 |
| 2024 | 475 | #115 |
| 2023 | 517 | #108 |
| 2022 | 515 | #109 |
| 2021 | 518 | #110 |
| 2020 | 496 | #111 |
| 2019 | 517 | #109 |
| 2018 | 547 | #107 |
| 2017 | 487 | #128 |
| 2016 | 458 | #136 |
| 2015 | 472 | #131 |
| 2014 | 501 | #126 |
| 2013 | 518 | #120 |
| 2012 | 506 | #128 |
| 2011 | 511 | #125 |
| 2010 | 338 | #177 |
| 2009 | 248 | #222 |
| 2008 | 187 | #284 |
| 2007 | 131 | #367 |
| 2006 | 105 | #423 |
| 2005 | 67 | #547 |
| 2004 | 58 | #586 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
How popular is Nevaeh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #165among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,828about 1 in 880 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,828 girls in the US were named Nevaeh, making it the 165th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 83rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6,818 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nevaeh than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nevaeh in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,978 girls in the US were given Nevaeh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185.
- Nevaeh 1,828
- Neveah 150
Nevaeh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,828 | #165 |
| 2024 | 2,200 | #133 |
| 2023 | 2,342 | #117 |
| 2022 | 2,808 | #96 |
| 2021 | 3,071 | #86 |
| 2020 | 3,132 | #83 |
| 2019 | 3,127 | #89 |
| 2018 | 3,410 | #82 |
| 2017 | 3,623 | #74 |
| 2016 | 3,825 | #73 |
| 2015 | 4,028 | #70 |
| 2014 | 4,264 | #63 |
| 2013 | 4,786 | #46 |
| 2012 | 5,412 | #39 |
| 2011 | 6,127 | #33 |
| 2010 | 6,446 | #25 |
| 2009 | 6,126 | #34 |
| 2008 | 6,112 | #34 |
| 2007 | 6,818 | #31 |
| 2006 | 5,956 | #43 |
| 2005 | 4,560 | #69 |
| 2004 | 3,181 | #103 |
| 2003 | 2,300 | #145 |
| 2002 | 1,699 | #189 |
| 2001 | 1,199 | #266 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,755 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Nevaeh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Aoife Kiara Sienna Eden Amaya Aaliyah Maeva Maryam Imogen Amara River
Other spellings of Nevaeh
Names related to Nevaeh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Nevaeh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nevaeh, updated 20 October 2026.