Nevaeh
Nevaeh is 'Heaven' spelled backward, created in the United States in the late 1990s. It represents a modern American naming tradition of word reversals with spiritual meaning.
Current Popularity
Popularity over time
Dashed bar: 2026 (projected): 1,664. How this is calculated
Yearly values
- 2011: 6,127
- 2012: 5,412
- 2013: 4,786
- 2014: 4,264
- 2015: 4,028
- 2016: 3,825
- 2017: 3,623
- 2018: 3,410
- 2019: 3,127
- 2020: 3,132
- 2021: 3,071
- 2022: 2,808
- 2023: 2,342
- 2024: 2,200
- 2025: 1,828
- 2026 (projected): 1,664
Good to Know
- •Often requires pronunciation guidance (neh-VAY-uh)
- •Spelling can be challenging for others to guess
- •Strong spiritual significance appeals to religious families
- •May spark conversation due to its unique backward-spelling origin
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Famous People
Nevaeh Buchanan
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Nevaeh Crain
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Nevaeh Gallegos
Social media influencer and content creator
Statistics
98,497
Total births since 1880
2007
Peak year
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