Thirty years of Nevaeh
Nevaeh in numbers
Nevaeh has risen from 13 girls in 2001 (its first published year) to 362 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 514 in 2018. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2008 and 2011, from 184 to 495. It ranked 1,439th in 2001, reached 99th in 2023 and ranks 137th now.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-18%444 to 362
- 5 years-22%463 to 362
- 10 years-21%456 to 362
- 20 years+448%66 to 362
- Since 2001 (first published)×2813 to 362
- Total, 1996 to 20258,228girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 137 · ONS · 444 in 2024
Rank 256 · NRS · 13 in 2024
Rank 177 · NISRA · 18 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =137 | 362 | -18% | 1 in 786 |
| 2024 | 106 | 444 | -10% | 1 in 653 |
| 2023 | 99 | 494 | +3% | 1 in 583 |
| 2022 | 105 | 479 | -2% | 1 in 616 |
| 2021 | 107 | 488 | +5% | 1 in 624 |
| 2020 | =110 | 463 | -6% | 1 in 647 |
| 2019 | 105 | 493 | -4% | 1 in 631 |
| 2018 | 102 | 514 | +13% | 1 in 622 |
| 2017 | 121 | 456 | +5% | 1 in 726 |
| 2016 | 130 | 435 | -5% | 1 in 780 |
| 2015 | 126 | 456 | -7% | 1 in 745 |
| 2014 | 114 | 490 | -3% | 1 in 691 |
| 2013 * | 107 | 504 | +4% | 1 in 678 |
| 2012 | 121 | 483 | -2% | 1 in 736 |
| 2011 | 118 | 495 | +53% | 1 in 713 |
| 2010 | 163 | 324 | +34% | 1 in 1,087 |
| 2009 | =212 | 242 | +32% | 1 in 1,422 |
| 2008 | =261 | 184 | +48% | 1 in 1,879 |
| 2007 | =352 | 124 | +18% | 1 in 2,706 |
| 2006 | =398 | 105 | +59% | 1 in 3,116 |
| 2005 | =516 | 66 | +14% | 1 in 4,776 |
| 2004 | =542 | 58 | +53% | 1 in 5,368 |
| 2003 | =731 | 38 | +111% | 1 in 7,974 |
| 2002 | =1,151 | 18 | +38% | 1 in 16,114 |
| 2001 | =1,439 | 13 | 1 in 22,306 | |
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate