Neven

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A few things about Neven you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Neven

Neven Subotić

Serbian footballer

Choose Neven and your child shares a first name with Neven Subotić, a Serbian footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Neven, like who?” Neven Subotić's Wikipedia article is available in 45 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 212,766 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Neven, 8 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Neven would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryNeven first shows up in US birth records in 1976, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 49 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2002, when it reached #4,044.
• 🍂TrendNeven has slipped 2,930 places over the last five years and now sits at #8,910. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 🔁Word funNeven is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards.

About the name Neven

Neven is a boy name of English and Irish origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with N and ending in “-ven”. US birth records list Neven for boys from 1976 to 2025, in 34 of those 50 years. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked #4,044 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #8,910, with 8 babies.

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