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Rivers

#2,827 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rivers has been given to 2,637 babies in the U.S. since 1910. In 2025 it ranked #2,827 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 99 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.

Babies named Rivers, 2025

1 in 73,700

Rivers over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rivers over time

In 2025, Rivers went to 25% girls and 75% boys.

19102025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rivers: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rivers means

Rivers is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rivers is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,888 boys were recorded with the name Rivers between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 99 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,552 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,631 in 2020 to #2,827 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,822 in 2015 to #2,827 in 2025.

In the United States, 749 girls were recorded with the name Rivers between 1920 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,401 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,241 in 2020 to #7,419 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,569 in 2015 to #7,419 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rivers?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 73,700
45 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 38,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,827
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
51,066 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rivers sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rivers. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Riverss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rivers was born before 2013 — so the typical Rivers is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,623
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (739).

Is Rivers 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
−308
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,196
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,005
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 2020 (99)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,552
1910

Spellings of Rivers

Rivers is not the most common spelling — River is, with 72.8% against Rivers's 3.5%.

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.

Where Rivers is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rivers was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 25,936 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

128 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 3,571
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 4,348
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 8,333
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 20,000
  5. 5California1 in 33,333
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Utah1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Rivers is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rivers was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 244,235 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 20,000
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Tennessee1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rivers has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rivers around the world

Where Rivers 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
    1997–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • France
    1999–2024
    #6,698
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2013–2020
    #2,570
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1999–1999
    #539
    in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rivers by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,827
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,196
Best rank ever
#1,552
1910
Peak year
2020
99 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,888
Count in 2025
45

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,419
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,178
Best rank ever
#3,401
2001
Peak year
2021
41 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
749
Count in 2025
15

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

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

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