Nevaeh

What Nevaeh means

From the word “heaven”

From heaven, spelled backwards

Source: Wiktionary, “Nevaeh” (revision 93604253), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Nevaeh?

US: Falling: down from #70 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #126 in 2015, #137 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 6,446 girls got the name (#25 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 879 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 700 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,278 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (4.2 per 1,000 girls), WV (4.14 per 1,000 girls), MS (3.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nevaeh is #165 in the US and #137 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nevaeh were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Novah249 US · 30 E&W
• Neva47 US · 6 E&W
• Navaeh33 US · 3 E&W
• Navah13 US
• Nevah8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nevaeh

Girls

• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Natalia#144“birthday (of the Lord)”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025

For a brother

• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nevaeh’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.