Niobe — girls' name

What the Data Says About Niobe

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Niobe between 2003 and 2023, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niobe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niobe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Niobe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Niobe in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niobe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 190 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.