Niv
Boy · NEEV · Hebrew
Niv is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “expression, speech”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Niv mean?
Hebrew: modern Hebrew word
“expression, speech”
- Say it
- NEEV
Is Niv a girl's or a boy's name?
Niv is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Niv in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Niv, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992. 10 girls were also named Niv in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Niv in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Niv or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Neev 73
- Niv 6
Niv in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Niv
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishiv Shiv Navi Aarav Dhruv Veer Ivaan Avyaan Shivansh Atharv Rishiv Naksh
Other spellings of Niv
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