Feminine dossier · first seen 1901

Nieves

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1926

Peak era

1926

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1901Peak 19262025

Quick answers about Nieves

An estimated 563 living Americans are named Nieves.

Nieves fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Nieves is approximately 42 years, with most bearers falling between 26 and 65 years old.

Not especially. Nieves has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

986

Nieves last appeared in SSA records in 2017. Across its recorded history, about 986 American girls received the name.

Nieves peaked in 1926, when 26 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 986 Americans named Nieves since 1901.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1926

Living profile

563

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age42

Core range26–65

Mostly Millennial: about 27% of living people named Nieves were born 1981–1996.

If no more babies got this name, the living population would halve in about 38 years.

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.