Nevayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-VAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Nevayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Nevayah mean?
Modern: respelling of Nevaeh, which is heaven spelled backwards
Variant of Nevaeh, coined by reversing heaven; it spread after musician Sonny Sandoval gave it to his daughter in 2000.
Is Nevayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nevayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nevayah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls.
Nevayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Nevayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Nevayah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer girls named Nevayah than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Nevayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nevayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
Nicknames for Nevayah
- Nev
Names like Nevayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Arya, Prisha, Saanvi, Anvika, Avaya, Aadhya, River, Haniya, Navya, Pranshi, Gurbani
Names related to Nevayah
Nevaeh, Neveah, Neavh, Nevaya, Naveah, Naveya, Neveyah, Naveyah, Nevaeha, Neviah
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, “Nevayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nevayah, updated 20 October 2026.