# Neave (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/neave/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /niːv/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 175 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 175 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,711, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * A variant of the English surname Neve. * Variant of Nevay, a Scottish habitational surname.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15 | 8,426 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,788 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,542 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,773 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,586 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,201 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,985 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,733 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,336 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,476 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,295 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,196 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,929 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,780 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 594 |
| 2012 | 72 | 587 |
| 2013 | 70 | 584 |
| 2014 | 126 | 359 |
| 2015 | 101 | 437 |
| 2016 | 91 | 481 |
| 2017 | 77 | 560 |
| 2018 | 64 | 633 |
| 2019 | 62 | 632 |
| 2020 | 69 | 571 |
| 2021 | 61 | 634 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 55 | 657 |
| 2024 | 52 | 722 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Neave

- Neave Brown, British architect

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.