How Many People Are Named Nieves?
people named Nieves are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 390,611 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,581 babies named Nieves in Social Security records from 1901 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nieves, 65% were girls and 35% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Nieves rose from 68.3% in the 1910s to 85.5% in the 2000s. It was lowest in the 1950s, at 48.9%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nieves alive today is about 49 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nieves first appears in the records in 1901 and was given most often in 1925, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1901 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Nieves has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,651, in 1926. Among boys, its best rank was #2,150, in 1938.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,651 (1926) | #2,150 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,075 in the 1920s | #2,675 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nieves alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nieves were born in Texas than in any other state: about 175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nieves was given about 16.7 times as often in Texas.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.