Nivia
- Gender
- Girl
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- Origin
- Latin
Nivia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “snowy, snow-white”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nivia mean?
Latin: from Latin nivea, 'snowy', related to nix 'snow'
“snowy, snow-white”
Is Nivia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nivia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nivia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Nivia in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nivia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Names like Nivia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Amanda, Noelle, Natalia, Victoria, Julia, Nia, Olivia, Serena, Sophia, Gia, Miranda
Names related to Nivia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Nivia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nivia, updated 20 October 2026.