# Nevaeh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nevaeh/  
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 | /nəˈveɪə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 98,924 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 427 / 98,497 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,239, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From heaven, spelled backwards. Popular since 2000 when the rock singer Sonny Sandoval gave the name to his baby daughter.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,127 | 33 |
| 2012 | 5,412 | 39 |
| 2013 | 4,786 | 46 |
| 2014 | 4,264 | 63 |
| 2015 | 4,028 | 70 |
| 2016 | 3,825 | 73 |
| 2017 | 3,623 | 74 |
| 2018 | 3,410 | 83 |
| 2019 | 3,127 | 89 |
| 2020 | 3,132 | 83 |
| 2021 | 3,071 | 86 |
| 2022 | 2,808 | 96 |
| 2023 | 2,342 | 117 |
| 2024 | 2,200 | 133 |
| 2025 | 1,828 | 165 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 45 | 2,646 |
| 2007 | 38 | 3,067 |
| 2008 | 36 | 3,203 |
| 2009 | 27 | 3,890 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,661 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5,135 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,566 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,711 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,515 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,732 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,676 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,276 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,729 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,788 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,652 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 495 | 118 |
| 2012 | 483 | 121 |
| 2013 | 504 | 107 |
| 2014 | 490 | 114 |
| 2015 | 456 | 126 |
| 2016 | 435 | 130 |
| 2017 | 456 | 121 |
| 2018 | 514 | 102 |
| 2019 | 493 | 105 |
| 2020 | 463 | 110 |
| 2021 | 488 | 107 |
| 2022 | 479 | 105 |
| 2023 | 494 | 99 |
| 2024 | 444 | 106 |
| 2025 | 362 | 137 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## 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.