Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Neva

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Neva
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.7% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

558

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

92.7%

2024

All-time

21,173

Neva once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 558 girls were named Neva.

In 2024, only 41 girls were given the name.

Down 92.7% from its peak.

All told, about 21,173 Americans have been named Neva and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.7% from peak

1920558 girls named Neva

202441 girls named Neva

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