Nieve
Nieve is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nieve
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nieve is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Nieve
The earliest SSA record of Nieve as a baby girl name dates back to 1996, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Nieve — #9,452 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Nieve on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nieve last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 186 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nieve
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About the name Nieve
Nieve is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 186 births in the dataset. Nieve's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #9,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Nieve's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.