Neville

maleStatistical record

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

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

Neville: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #53, and it stood at #5,137 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#53highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2017	#3040
2018	#3959
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2022	#2320
2023	#4107
2024	#3688
2025	#5137

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 Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 34 years from 1964 to 1997.

In 1997: #382 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1578 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #55 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1963
Highest recorded position: #53 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1953 (recorded 1952–1963).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Neville appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 242 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Neville across 4 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.

Neville'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#191 (1964)	#159 (1977)	#382 (1997)	29 of 34	242 (1964–1997)	19 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1578 (1997)	#5137 (2025)	27 of 30	113 (1996–2025)	9 (2022)
New Zealand · Boys	#56 (1954)	#56 (1954)	#99 (1966)	13 of 13	1,268 (1954–1966)	132 (1954)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#55 (1952)	#53 (1953)	#92 (1963)	12 of 12	1,213 (1952–1963)	156 (1952)

Neville by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Neville in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	44	6 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	129	10 of 10	13
1980s	48	8 of 10	6
1990s	21	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Neville 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Neville'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	male	#5137	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	66	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New Zealand	male	#99	67	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#95	61	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#84	74	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#75	92	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#78	94	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#71	111	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#67	99	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#63	118	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#63	112	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#67	104	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#63	113	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#71	91	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#56	132	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	18	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	10	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	9	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

Where Neville is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Neville, between 1952 and 2025, in 67 of those 74 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
New South Wales, Australia	1952–1963	12	#53 in 1953
New Zealand	1954–1966	13	#56 in 1954
Republic of Ireland	1964–1997	29	#159 in 1977
England and Wales	1996–2025	27	#1578 in 1997

Its high point came 44 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1953) than in England and Wales (1997).

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #53, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 156 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 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.

Neve · #115, 30y
Neveah · #734, 23y
Nevin · #398, 23y
Neya · #2615, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Pawel · #54, 65y
Killian · #55, 62y
Seamus · #55, 62y
Piotr · #50, 72y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Hugh · #53, 64y
Krzysztof · #53, 71y
Tine · #53, 60y
Frederick · #52, 67y

Neville was ranked #53 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1953. 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.

Neville 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 Neville without appearing here.

Neville moved ahead of

Malin
In 2016 they stood at #3895 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Shannon
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Courtney
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.
Tor
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Neville

Isak
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Arne
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Espen
In 2024 they stood at #3688 and #5119 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #5137 and #4275.
Aksel
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Neville

Ciaran
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 while Ciaran went from #49 to #25.
Conor
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 while Conor went from #56 to #2.
Daniel
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 while Daniel went from #19 to #8.
Eoin
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 while Eoin went from #83 to #20.

Moved the same way as Neville

Adrian
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 and Adrian from #65 to #106.
Arthur
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 and Arthur from #98 to #224.
Denis
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 and Denis from #21 to #93.
Francis
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Neville went from #191 to #382 and Francis from #16 to #99.

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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neville

Neville at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Neville across 4 official records

Neville by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Neville appears in

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Neville at a glance

Neville across 4 official records

Neville by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Names published alongside Neville

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