River

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 33% girls / 67% boys

River first appears in the U.S. data in 1971 and has been recorded in 45 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 3,503 babies (rank #110 that year). In 2024 it was given to 3,138 boys (rank #112). The name has been rising over the last five years.
54,754
Total babies (all years)
45
Years in the data
3,503
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19716#4,806
19728#3,892
19745#5,836
19757#4,681
19816#6,091
19826#6,237
19865#7,589
198713#3,685
198813#3,863
198940#1,887
199033#2,205
199128#2,529
199237#2,121
199354#1,658
1994141#927
1995278#619
1996269#632
1997389#519
1998435#496
1999359#559
2000314#612
2001323#608
2002329#611
2003388#571
2004420#549
2005476#517
2006505#514
2007464#554
2008611#454
2009619#449
2010634#434
2011645#424
2012722#405
2013830#371
20141,243#287
20151,516#244
20161,852#212
20171,969#200
20182,075#197
20192,371#168
20202,814#129
20213,503#110
20223,494#105
20233,111#116
20243,138#112