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How popular is “Nieves” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nieves” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nieves” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nieves” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nieves” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nieves” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nieves” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nieves” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 6 5 9%
1914 14 0.000009885 8 6 14%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 18 0.000009305 10 8 11%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1918 10 0.000004606 5 5 0%
1919 23 0.000010899 14 9 22%
1920 22 0.000009723 17 5 55%
1921 30 0.000012851 15 15 0%
1922 24 0.000010484 17 7 42%
1923 20 0.000008686 11 9 10%
1924 29 0.000012177 17 12 17%
1925 37 0.000015857 23 14 24%
1926 35 0.000015245 26 9 49%
1927 30 0.000012935 20 10 33%
1928 33 0.000014596 21 12 27%
1929 28 0.000012773 16 12 14%
1930 28 0.000012594 18 10 29%
1931 19 0.000009029 14 5 47%
1932 27 0.000012788 16 11 19%
1933 20 0.000010003 11 9 10%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 23 0.000011005 11 12 -4%
1936 13 0.000006257 8 5 23%
1937 18 0.000008448 10 8 11%
1938 26 0.000011751 14 12 8%
1939 12 0.000005446 5 7 -17%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 8 5 23%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 6 7 -8%
1944 18 0.000006691 7 11 -22%
1945 13 0.0000049 5 8 -23%
1946 16 0.000005007 9 7 13%
1947 19 0.000005274 10 9 5%
1948 21 0.000006083 10 11 -5%
1949 20 0.000005739 12 8 20%
1950 25 0.000007136 12 13 -4%
1951 13 0.000003529 7 6 8%
1952 17 0.000004476 6 11 -29%
1953 13 0.000003373 8 5 23%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 12 7 26%
1956 15 0.000003638 8 7 7%
1957 12 0.000002856 6 6 0%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 9 5 29%
1961 19 0.000004587 10 9 5%
1963 17 0.000004295 9 8 6%
1964 17 0.000004373 7 10 -18%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 8 8 0%
1968 12 0.000003552 7 5 17%
1969 16 0.000004604 6 10 -25%
1970 16 0.000004436 5 11 -38%
1971 13 0.000003787 7 6 8%
1972 20 0.000006363 12 8 20%
1973 13 0.000004309 6 7 -8%
1974 11 0.000003618 6 5 9%
1975 12 0.000003974 6 6 0%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 8 5 23%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 18 0.000005226 11 7 22%
1981 15 0.000004336 10 5 33%
1982 21 0.000005986 11 10 5%
1983 18 0.000005197 11 7 22%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 14 7 33%
1986 19 0.000005341 13 6 37%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 6 8 -14%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 12 8 20%
1992 20 0.000005207 14 6 40%
1993 15 0.000003978 5 10 -33%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 5 5 0%
1996 11 0.000003016 6 5 9%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 17 0.000004602 12 5 41%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 17 0.000004548 12 5 41%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 100%
2006 17 0.000004297 11 6 29%
2007 12 0.000003002 5 7 -17%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%

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