Nieves
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NYEH-vess
- Origin
- Spanish
Nieves is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “snows”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nieves mean?
Spanish: from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, 'Our Lady of the Snows'
“snows”
From the title of the Virgin Mary commemorated at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where snow is said to have fallen in August.
Is Nieves a girl's or a boy's name?
Nieves is a girls' name.
How popular is Nieves in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1926, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
Half of all the girls named Nieves in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1928, 64% of the babies named Nieves in the US were girls.
Nieves in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
Names like Nieves
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nieves: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nieves, updated 20 October 2026.