How Many People Are Named Nieve?
An estimated 184 people in the United States have the first name Nieve. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Nieve peaked in popularity in 2005 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nieve as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nieve paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
184
About 1 in 1,862,795 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2005
11 births
Total Registered
186
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nieve
Nieve is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 186 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nieve as a female name
Ranked #11,821 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (11 births)
Nieve: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nieve span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 75 babies were registered. While Nieve is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nieve by Decade
How has Nieve tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nieve + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nieve as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nieve
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nieve: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nieve?
We estimate approximately 184 people named Nieve are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,862,795 Americans share this first name.
Is Nieve a common name?
Nieve is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 186 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nieve most popular?
Nieve reached peak popularity in 2005, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nieve is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nieve a female name?
Nieve is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nieve Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nieve Smith, Nieve Johnson, Nieve Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me