Naveah
Naveah was the 2146th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 87 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1595th with 133 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 322 places. More babies were named Naveah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Navy) navy (the color or the fleet) · English, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #2,146 girls, down 268 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 87girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022133 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,814babies recorded
What does the name Naveah mean?
Naveah is a spelling of Navy, pronounced the same way, so it shares Navy's meaning and origin.
Navy is an English word name, taken from the color navy blue or from the word for a fleet of warships. The word came through French from Latin navis, "ship", according to Dictionary.com. Wiktionary records Navy as a female and male given name. US use is recent, growing mainly since the 2010s, mostly for girls.
navis (Latin, “ship”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Navi.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Navy', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'navy', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Naveah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,146 | 87 |
| 2020 | #1,878 | 103 |
| 2010 | #2,420 | 78 |
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How popular is Naveah, counting every spelling?
Naveah is a spelling of Navy, a name family that ranked #261 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,146 for Naveah on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,310 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 935 | #327 | 4,063 |
| Navi | 179 | #1,255 | 809 |
| Naveah | 87 | #2,146 | 530 |
| Navie | 66 | #2,638 | 343 |
| Navey | 21 | #5,857 | 130 |
| Navee | 16 | #7,048 | 105 |
| Navea | 6 | #14,423 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Naveah?
87 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Naveah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Naveah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 96 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Naveah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Naveah?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Naveah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Naveah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Naveah by state
How common Naveah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (1.8×), Florida (1.6×), Texas (1.5×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Naveah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Naveah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Naveah
What does Naveah mean?
Naveah is a spelling of Navy, which means “navy (the color or the fleet)” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Naveah?
Naveah was the 2146th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 87 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1595th with 133 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 322 places. More babies were named Naveah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Naveah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Naveah in the US.
Where is Naveah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Naveah was most common in Mississippi (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and North Carolina.