Nevan
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Nevan is a boys' name, meaning “saint”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Nevan mean?
Spelling of Nevin
“saint”
A male given name.
Meaning borrowed from Nevin. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nevan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nevan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nevan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Nevan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nevan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Nevan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Nevan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Nevan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Nevan, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer boys named Nevan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nevan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Nevan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Nevan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 63 | #1,867 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Nevan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Kayden, Ronan, Aiden, Brody, Caelan, Kian, Keegan, Declan, Conan, Rowan, Conlan
Other spellings of Nevan
Names related to Nevan
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, “Nevan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nevan, updated 20 October 2026.