# Neve (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/neve/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,608 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,608 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,260, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 60 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 73 | 2,510 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,701 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,440 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,706 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,894 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,535 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,579 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2,420 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,771 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,838 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,667 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,373 |
| 2025 | 51 | 3,156 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 380 | 146 |
| 2012 | 328 | 159 |
| 2013 | 277 | 192 |
| 2014 | 276 | 193 |
| 2015 | 242 | 217 |
| 2016 | 248 | 212 |
| 2017 | 207 | 243 |
| 2018 | 218 | 229 |
| 2019 | 199 | 243 |
| 2020 | 163 | 286 |
| 2021 | 172 | 275 |
| 2022 | 134 | 324 |
| 2023 | 118 | 358 |
| 2024 | 67 | 583 |
| 2025 | 80 | 502 |

## People named Neve

- Neve Campbell, Canadian actress (born 1973)
- Neve Bradbury, Australian cyclist

## 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.