UK girl's name
Neive
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Neive is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Neive popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5891, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2009, with 41 births.
This profile covers 600 England and Wales registrations across 27 recorded years from 1998 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 7% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 771 living people in the UK are called Neive. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Neive ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2009, when 41 girls were registered as Neive.
- • Neive ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #531 in 2022.
- • About 771 living people in the UK are estimated to have Neive as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5891
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2009
41 births
Estimated living
771
2026
Popularity
Neive over time
The chart below shows babies named Neive registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1998 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Neive, the clearest high point is 2009. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 41 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Neive by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Neive was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #2938 | 59 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1172 | 303 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1327 | 222 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2041 | 16 | 2 |
Geography
Where Neive is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Neive. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Neive ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #531 in 2022.
Across the UK
Neive in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#531 in 2022
18 years of NRS records, 175 total registered
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- Natalie 10,885
- Nevaeh 7,869
- Nina 7,285
- Neve 7,180
- Natalia 7,099
- Nadia 6,032
- Nicola 4,927
FAQ
Neive: questions and answers
How popular is the name Neive in the UK right now?
In 2024, Neive was ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Neive most popular?
The peak year on record was 2009, with 41 babies registered as Neive in England and Wales.
How many people are called Neive in the UK?
A total of 600 babies have been registered as Neive across the 27 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 175 more in Scotland.
Where is Neive most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Neive ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #531 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.