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Nevan

#6,336 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Naomhán

Nevan has been given to 1,189 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #6,336 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 75 recorded.

Babies named Nevan, 2025

1 in 237,000

Nevan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nevan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Naomhán

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nevan means

Nevan is a form of Naomhán.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Naomhán.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,184 boys were recorded with the name Nevan between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,709 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,979 in 2020 to #6,336 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,202 in 2015 to #6,336 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Nevan between 2008 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #19,639 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Nevan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,336
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nevan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nevan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nevans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nevan was born before 2008 — so the typical Nevan is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
49.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,184
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Choose a decade

2000s — 49.5% of all recorded uses (586).

Is Nevan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−748
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,357
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,134
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.39×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.7%
Peak was 2004 (75)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,709
2004

Spellings of Nevan

Nevan is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 40.7% against Nevan's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nevan is used

Across 1910–2025, Nevan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 331,459 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nevan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nevan around the world

Where Nevan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2011–2011
    #648
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    1973–1998
    #369
    in 1998
  • France
    2006–2025
    #5,561
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1965–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Nevan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,336
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,357
Best rank ever
#1,709
2004
Peak year
2004
75 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,184
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#19,639
2008
Peak year
2008
5 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nevan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NevenNevadaRevanYuvanGavanKavanCavanNevinLevanPavanAvanTrevanNevilleVivanJavanJevanSevanAlvanLivanDonivanJeevanYvanNirvanRivan

Sibling names for Nevan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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