Nevan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nevan: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #288, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#288highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nevan's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
2000	#3036
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2006	#2087
2007	#3589
2008	#3158
2009	#2126
2010	#4678
2012	#2721
2013	#2954
2014	#2964
2015	#2707
2016	#3079
2017	#4812
2018	#3011
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#2921

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #320 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–1998
Highest recorded position: #288 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1973–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nevan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 23 ranked years and 123 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Nevan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nevan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#2087 (2006)	#2921 (2024)	23 of 29	123 (1996–2024)	9 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#320 (1973)	#288 (1974)	#369 (1998)	3 of 26	10 (1973–1998)	4 (1974)

Nevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Nevan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	47	9 of 10	5
2010s	48	9 of 10	5
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Nevan 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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Nevan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #288, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
21 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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.

Nevaeh-Rae · #1603, 14y
Nevaeh-Rose · #963, 16y
Nevaya · #2705, 16y
Nevayah · #2367, 10y

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.

Rosanne · #288, 28y
Kathrina · #287, 24y
Latisha · #289, 24y
Rehan · #289, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Faisal · #288, 49y
Franz · #288, 10y
Loughlin · #288, 16y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y

Nevan was ranked #288 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1974. 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.

Nevan 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nevan without appearing here.

Nevan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Maddison Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Nevan

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1201.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.

Moved the same way as Nevan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nevan went from #2357 to #3523 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nevan went from #2357 to #3523 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nevan went from #2357 to #3523 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Nevan went from #2357 to #4001 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nevan

Nevan at a glance

What stands out in Nevan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nevan across 2 official records

Nevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nevan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Nevan at a glance

What stands out in Nevan's record

Nevan across 2 official records

Nevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nevan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Nevan

Nevan and the names beside it

Nevan moved ahead of

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