Neva

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Neva: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Neva: Recorded since 2003, it reached #896 in 2018, and it stood at #3,705 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#896highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2006	#1983
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#3936
2010	#2235
2012	#3681
2013	#2460
2014	#3514
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#5765
2018	#2901
2019	#2170
2020	#3899
2021	#2073
2022	#3148
2023	#2927
2024	#2411
2025	#3705

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 23 years from 2003 to 2025.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2901 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3705 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Neva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Neva in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	40	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	70	9 of 10	8
2020s	50	6 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Neva appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Neva's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#3705	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Neva is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Neva, between 2003 and 2025, in 21 of those 23 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	2003–2025	21	#1983 in 2006
Republic of Ireland	2018	1	#896 in 2018

Its high point came 12 years earlier in England and Wales (2006) than in Republic of Ireland (2018).

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #896, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nesta · #2341, 22y
Nestor · #2254, 16y
Nevada · #2643, 14y
Nevaeh · #38, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aphra · #896, 22y
Caia · #896, 20y
Deryn · #896, 26y
Elisse · #896, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Inka · #896, 20y
Mary-Rose · #896, 15y
Advika · #898, 17y
Annabeth · #894, 19y

Neva was ranked #896 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Neva and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Neva without appearing here.

Neva moved ahead of

Levi
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Tracy
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Hayden
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Kirsten
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Neva

Eabha
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Rory
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.
Francis
In 2024 they stood at #2411 and #2574 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #3705 and #2138.
Arlo
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Neva

Donna
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neva went from #4373 to #2411 while Donna went from #1224 to #5891.
Jeanette
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neva went from #4373 to #2411 while Jeanette went from #2727 to #5891.
Kari
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neva went from #4373 to #2411 while Kari went from #3594 to #5891.
Kerry
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neva went from #4373 to #2411 while Kerry went from #415 to #4843.

Moved the same way as Neva

Freddie
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Neva went from #1983 to #3705 and Freddie from #3548 to #5927.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neva

Neva at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Neva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Neva at a glance

Neva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Neva

Neva and the names beside it

Neva moved ahead of

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