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How popular is the name Nieve?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nieves are alive today.
Nieve (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Neve in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 102 babies were given the name, the 432nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Neve you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Neves born in England and Wales are between 10 and 21, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Neve.
How many babies are named Nieve each year?
Includes all spellings: Nieve, Neave, Neeve, Neive, Neve. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nieve spelling rank?
Where does the Neave spelling rank?
Where does the Neeve spelling rank?
Where does the Neive spelling rank?
Where does the Neve spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nieve most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Neve, peaked in 2008, when 650 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nieve spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 102 babies.
How many people are called Nieve?
At least 11,000 people named Nieve in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nieve?
Most living Nieves are between 10 and 21; the most common age is about 18.
Is Nieve becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.