The next year, Nevaeh (pronounced nuh-VAY-uh) debuted on the Social Security Administration’s top 1,000 baby names of the nation at No. 266. By 2004, it had climbed all the way to No. 104 on the ...

For heaven’s sake, what’s up with the name Nevaeh? It’s heaven–spelled backward. And it’s the hot new name for baby girls in the nation–and even more so in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Chances are you don’t have any friends named Nevaeh. Chances are today’s toddlers will.In 1999, there were only eight newborn American girls named Nevaeh. Last year, it was the 70th-most ...

Nevaeh was more popular last year than names like Amanda, Sara and Vanessa. The major reason for the surge in Nevaeh is MTV. Christian rocker Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. mentioned his new baby daughter ...

The name Nevaeh is tricky to spell and its pronunciation is somewhat unclear. What, then, is behind its rising appeal? Apparently, heaven spelled backward is reason enough. The New York Times ...