Niva — #4888 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Niva

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Niva between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niva currently holds the #4888 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Niva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Niva in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niva 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 488 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.