Girls' name · since 1913
Niva
526 babies named Niva in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,840 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 526
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Niva currently ranks #3840 among girls' names in America, with 526 babies recorded since 1913.
Social Security Administration records show Niva recorded 526 times among girls since 1913, holding rank #3840 nationally today, ahead of 78% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #11,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,840 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 526 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niva ranks #11,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,840 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 526 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,840 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 526
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Niva's 526 recorded births place it above 84.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Niva compares
526 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Niva's all-time total is 40% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Niva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 526 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Niva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Niva splits its recorded history at 2001: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Niva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Niva by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (184 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Niva's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Niva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
184 births
- 2020s
2020s
149 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 184 births (35% of all-time use).
How Niva compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Niva's total volume
Niva by state
Where Niva concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 4.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
21 of 526 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Niva's data
- Niva's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (184 total births) through the 2020s (149) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Nivas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Niva draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.