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Neave

Girl

Meaning of Neave: Irish: 'bright or radiant'

Neave is a girl's name most strongly associated with Irish naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused and 722nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

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Not in the US top list

England & Wales 2024

#722

52 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

175

First recorded 2003 · peak 2017

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 5 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 12 babies2006: 12 babies2007: 7 babies2008: 15 babies2009: 7 babies2010: 7 babies20102011: 5 babies2012: 7 babies2013: 7 babies2014: 11 babies2015: 8 babies2016: 13 babies2017: 16 babies2018: 13 babies2019: 5 babies2020: 0 babies20202021: 0 babies2022: 10 babies2023: 9 babies2024: 6 babies2025: 0 babies
US babies named Neave per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 16.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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