Quick answers about Nieves
How many people are named Nieves?
An estimated 502 living Americans are named Nieves.
How rare is Nieves?
Nieves fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Nieves?
The median age of a living American named Nieves is approximately 40 years, with most bearers falling between 25 and 56 years old.
Is Nieves still popular?
Not especially. Nieves has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Nieves most common?
Nieves has its strongest geographic signal in Texas, where it appears 12.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Nieves is most concentrated in Texas — about 11.8× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Nieves is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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