Nieves

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 62% girls / 38% boys

Origin: Spanish

Nieves first appears in the data in 1901 and has been recorded in 98 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1926 with 26 babies (rank #1,652 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nieves

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nieves yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,581

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1901	5	#1,874
1905	5	#2,150
1912	8	#2,299
1913	6	#3,088
1914	8	#2,807
1915	10	#2,844
1916	10	#2,971
1917	10	#3,020
1918	5	#5,373
1919	14	#2,470
1920	17	#2,238
1921	15	#2,471
1922	17	#2,256
1923	11	#3,067
1924	17	#2,287
1925	23	#1,834
1926	26	#1,652
1927	20	#2,001
1928	21	#1,878
1929	16	#2,161
1930	18	#2,004
1931	14	#2,280
1932	16	#2,106
1933	11	#2,644
1934	11	#2,687
1935	11	#2,690
1936	8	#3,310
1937	10	#2,885
1938	14	#2,310
1939	5	#4,757
1940	16	#2,076
1941	8	#3,480
1943	6	#4,556
1944	7	#3,968
1945	5	#5,053
1946	9	#3,596
1947	10	#3,634
1948	10	#3,530
1949	12	#3,127
1950	12	#3,178
1951	7	#4,698
1952	6	#5,376
1953	8	#4,483
1954	8	#4,549
1955	12	#3,519
1956	8	#4,720
1957	6	#5,884
1960	9	#4,677
1961	10	#4,459
1963	9	#4,797
1964	7	#5,846
1965	5	#7,222
1967	8	#5,305
1968	7	#6,062
1969	6	#7,214
1970	5	#8,907
1971	7	#7,129
1972	12	#4,709
1973	6	#8,102
1974	6	#8,391
1975	6	#8,705
1977	8	#7,348
1979	10	#6,539
1980	11	#6,196
1981	10	#6,667
1982	11	#6,226
1983	11	#6,089
1984	12	#5,778
1985	14	#5,261
1986	13	#5,668
1987	14	#5,521
1988	12	#6,554
1989	6	#11,870
1990	8	#9,884
1991	12	#7,269
1992	14	#6,544
1993	5	#15,071
1995	5	#15,078
1996	6	#12,982
1997	7	#11,734
1998	7	#12,026
1999	12	#8,079
2000	5	#16,843
2001	16	#6,882
2002	12	#8,676
2003	13	#8,351
2004	17	#7,013
2005	10	#10,712
2006	11	#10,419
2007	5	#19,712
2008	11	#10,597
2009	6	#16,703
2012	5	#18,799
2013	7	#14,216
2014	8	#12,765
2015	5	#18,389
2016	5	#18,115
2017	7	#13,712