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Nevan

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Nevan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
170.00% of boys
Peak year
200475 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1986
1,169people given the name
Babies named Nevan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,169 boys have been named Nevan in the United States since 1986, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 75 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 50%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Nevan
1980s5
1990s128
2000s586
2010s352
2020s98

In 2004, its biggest year

Nevan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.

Names that rose and fell with Nevan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.