Nieves

Girl · recorded 1901–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nieves.

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Its story

Popularity since 1901

0112219011930195919882017

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 98 recorded years as a table
Nieves, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190121
190517
191214
191310
191411
191510
191610
19179
19184
191912
192014
192112
192214
19239
192414
192519
192622
192717
192818
192914
193016
193113
193215
193311
193411
193510
19368
19379
193813
19395
194014
19417
19434
19445
19454
19466
19476
19486
19497
19507
19514
19523
19534
19544
19556
19564
19573
19604
19615
19635
19644
19653
19675
19684
19694
19703
19714
19728
19734
19744
19754
19775
19796
19807
19816
19826
19837
19847
19858
19868
19878
19887
19893
19904
19916
19928
19933
19953
19963
19974
19984
19997
20003
20019
20027
20037
20049
20055
20066
20073
20086
20093
20123
20134
20144
20153
20163
20174

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nieves isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
7
Rank in 2017
#12,713
How rare
1 in 246,637 girls
Since 1901
986

Nieves was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1926, at 22 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nieves doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.