Nivea
Girl · NIV-ee-a · Latin
Nivea is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “snowy, snow-white”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nivea mean?
Latin: from Latin niveus, also used in Portuguese as Nívea
“snowy, snow-white”
The skincare brand Nivea, launched in 1911, took its name from the same Latin word.
- Say it
- NIV-ee-a
Is Nivea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nivea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nivea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nivea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Nivea than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Nivea in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nivea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,415 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,514 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,754 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,969 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
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