Nieve

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nieve: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nieve: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #351, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#351highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1802
1998	#1259
1999	#1261
2000	#1139
2001	#1025
2002	#890
2003	#818
2004	#590
2005	#668
2006	#665
2007	#882
2008	#521
2009	#438
2010	#516
2011	#520
2012	#565
2013	#519
2014	#541
2015	#432
2016	#666
2017	#855
2018	#710
2019	#897
2020	#771
2021	#983
2022	#910
2023	#906
2024	#1128

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #351 among girls in Scotland, #1128 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1128 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nieve by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nieve in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000s	444	10 of 10	44
2010sbusiest	698	10 of 10	70
2020s	189	5 of 10	38

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 70 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 39, from 35 to 74.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nieve appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in Scotland in 2024.

Nieve's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#906	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#983	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#771	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#897	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#710	56	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#855	45	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#666	63	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#432	102	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#541	78	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#519	80	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#565	75	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#520	81	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#516	78	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#438	95	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#521	74	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#882	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#665	47	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#668	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#590	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#818	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#890	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #351, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 102 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Angelique · #351, 34y
Elspeth · #351, 29y
Luci · #351, 28y
Mhairi · #351, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adley · #351, 19y
Aislin · #351, 12y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Elspeth · #351, 29y

Nieve was ranked #351 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nieve and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nieve without appearing here.

Nieve moved ahead of

Dylan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2683 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1259 and #3848.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3824.
Marilyn Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2683 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1259 and #2701.
Evan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Nieve

Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #666 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #855 and #499.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #897 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #771 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #520 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #565 and #284.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #906 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1128 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Nieve

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nieve

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nieve went from #2683 to #1128 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nieve by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nieve at a glance

Nieve by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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