How rare is the name Nieves?

3,681 people in the United States have the first name Nieves, about 1 in 82,051. It ranks #4,875 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NIEVES

#4,875

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,681
About
1 in 82,051
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,681 people named Nieves, 85.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. 84.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nieves peaked in 1925, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19012017
Peak year
1925
Births that year
37
In 2017
7 ▼81%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 1,581 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Nieves by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,737. The largest share of babies named Nieves, 21.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1900s#4,32210
1910s#4,037104
1920s#2,737288
1930s#3,125197
1940s#3,867158
1950s#4,923137
1960s#5,817121
1970s#7,404120
1980s#7,252164
1990s#11,444121
2000s#14,129124
2010s#27,55237
Greatest Generation 1901–2721.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.5%
Baby boom 1946–6417.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.1%
2013 and later2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nieves, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Nieves ranks #947 of 156,621, with 36,188 people. See Nieves as a last name

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