Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nieves**

#5,210 most common girls' name of all time · #8,827 across all names · 38% male / 62% female · used 1901–2017 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#5,210
Rank overall
#8,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
1,581
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1925 #1,829
Best rank
#1,655 1926
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
19201940196019802000

Nieves first appears in 1901. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2017 7 7 #12,779
2016 5 5 #16,322
2015 5 5 #16,542
2014 8 8 #11,983
2013 7 7 #13,213
2012 5 5 #16,975
2009 6 6 #15,331
2008 11 11 #10,129
2007 5 7 12 #17,749
2006 11 6 17 #9,951
2005 10 10 #10,172
2004 17 17 #6,798
2003 13 13 #8,034
2002 12 5 17 #8,318
2001 16 16 #6,651
2000 5 5 #15,135
1999 12 5 17 #7,765
1998 7 7 #11,218
1997 7 7 #10,904
1996 6 5 11 #11,894
1995 5 5 10 #13,523
1994 6 6
1993 5 10 15 #13,575
1992 14 6 20 #6,366
1991 12 8 20 #7,030
1990 8 8 #9,322
1989 6 8 14 #10,946
1988 12 12 #6,323
1987 14 14 #5,359
1986 13 6 19 #5,490
1985 14 7 21 #5,120
1984 12 12 #5,584
1983 11 7 18 #5,881
1982 11 10 21 #5,967
1981 10 5 15 #6,377
1980 11 7 18 #5,965
1979 10 10 #6,255
1978 6 6
1977 8 5 13 #6,979
1976 6 6
1975 6 6 12 #8,101
1974 6 5 11 #7,783
1973 6 7 13 #7,539
1972 12 8 20 #4,566
1971 7 6 13 #6,730
1970 5 11 16 #8,139
1969 6 10 16 #6,735
1968 7 5 12 #5,740
1967 8 8 16 #5,068
1966 5 5
1965 5 5 #6,668
1964 7 10 17 #5,550
1963 9 8 17 #4,612
1961 10 9 19 #4,312
1960 9 5 14 #4,517
1959 8 8
1958 7 7
1957 6 6 12 #5,507
1956 8 7 15 #4,551
1955 12 7 19 #3,441
1954 8 8 #4,371
1953 8 5 13 #4,329
1952 6 11 17 #5,057
1951 7 6 13 #4,491
1950 12 13 25 #3,129
1949 12 8 20 #3,064
1948 10 11 21 #3,428
1947 10 9 19 #3,546
1946 9 7 16 #3,513
1945 5 8 13 #4,739
1944 7 11 18 #3,792
1943 6 7 13 #4,337
1942 9 9
1941 8 5 13 #3,369
1940 16 16 #2,075
1939 5 7 12 #4,431
1938 14 12 26 #2,282
1937 10 8 18 #2,825
1936 8 5 13 #3,212
1935 11 12 23 #2,650
1934 11 11 #2,650
1933 11 9 20 #2,611
1932 16 11 27 #2,090
1931 14 5 19 #2,258
1930 18 10 28 #1,987
1929 16 12 28 #2,144
1928 21 12 33 #1,877
1927 20 10 30 #1,991
1926 26 9 35 #1,655
1925 23 14 37 #1,829
1924 17 12 29 #2,264
1923 11 9 20 #3,011
1922 17 7 24 #2,257
1921 15 15 30 #2,453
1920 17 5 22 #2,235
1919 14 9 23 #2,462
1918 5 5 10 #4,975
1917 10 10 #2,999
1916 10 8 18 #2,908
1915 10 10 #2,800
1914 8 6 14 #2,775
1913 6 5 11 #3,002
1912 8 8 #2,292
1905 5 5 #2,158
1901 5 5 #1,934