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Rivers

boys’ name · 72%girls’ name · 28%SteadyCompare

Rivers is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 54 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
540.00% of boys
Peak year
202099 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1910
2,577people given the name
Babies named Rivers, by year of birthboysgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,843 boys have been named Rivers in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 99 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 40%.

Rivers is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (734), most of them born around 2021.

By decade

Decadeboys named Rivers
1910s66
1920s88
1930s51
1940s60
1950s29
1960s22
1970s33
1980s5
1990s92
2000s277
2010s739
2020s381

In 2020, its biggest year

Rivers was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Rivers

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.