# Nieve (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nieve/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 195 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 195 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,395, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 10,470 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,564 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13,053 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,120 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,067 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,174 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,695 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,370 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,189 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,134 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,100 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,865 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,689 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 520 |
| 2012 | 75 | 565 |
| 2013 | 80 | 519 |
| 2014 | 78 | 541 |
| 2015 | 102 | 432 |
| 2016 | 63 | 666 |
| 2017 | 45 | 855 |
| 2018 | 56 | 710 |
| 2019 | 40 | 897 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 39 | 906 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.