Neven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEV-en
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Neven is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “marigold”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Neven mean?
Slavic: Croatian and Serbian, from neven 'marigold'
“marigold”
A South Slavic name taken from the marigold flower; the feminine form is Nevena.
Is Neven a girl's or a boy's name?
Neven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Neven, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Neven in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Neven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Neven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Neven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Kayden, Aiden, Raiden, Keegan, Declan, Finnegan, Finn, Ronan, Deacon, Braylen, Rayden
Other spellings of Neven
Names related to Neven
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from 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, “Neven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neven, updated 20 October 2026.