River
River is ranked 112th among boys in 2024 (3,138 births). Its best rank was 105th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #112up 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,1380.18% of boys
- Peak year
- 20213,503 births
- Best rank
- #105in 2022
- Since 1971
- 54,754people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,498 boys have been named River in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 3,503 births — 0.20% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 44%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
River is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are girls (18,256), most of them born around 2022.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
River was the 110th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with River
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yunuspeak 2023
- Cypresspeak 2024
- Zakaripeak 2023
- Beauxpeak 2024
- Ashpeak 2023
- Anakinpeak 2023
- Khaipeak 2023
- Adrielpeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.