Nivi

#12,824 in 2025Girls' name

Maiden

Nivi has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 2017. In 2025 it ranked #12,824 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Nivi, 2025

1 in 474,000

Nivi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nivi: meaning, origin, and history

Maiden

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nivi means

Nivi means “maiden”, associated with niviarsiaq.

Origin, language, and formation

Nivi is used in Greenlandic.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Greenlandic, Nivi is pronounced /nivi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 girls were recorded with the name Nivi between 2017 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2019; its best national rank was #8,478 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,648 in 2020 to #12,824 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nivi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,824; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nivi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nivi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nivis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nivi was born before 2021 — so the typical Nivi is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 62.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 64; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 62.5% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Nivi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,978; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,824; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 53.8%; Peak was 2019 (13)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,478; 2019

Spellings of Nivi

Nivi is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 24.1% against Nivi's 0.01%.

Nina24.1%133,788
Ivy14.9%82,713
Nova10.0%55,783
Nikki7.2%40,109
Iva6.9%38,397
Nia4.6%25,422
Neva3.8%21,220
Nita2.6%14,268

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nivi around the world

Where Nivi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2018–2025
#4,867
in 2025
France
2018–2018
#7,536
in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Nivi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,824
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,824
Best rank ever: #8,478; 2019
Peak year: 2019; 13 that year
First recorded: 2017
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Nivi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Niv Rivi Niva Nivika Tzivi Nivisha Ivi Nivira Sivi Niveen Divi Shrivi Shaivi Nivaya Vivi Niviah Nivaeh Livi Nivea Shivi Nivriti Nivedha Nivia Niveah

Sibling names for Nivi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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