Rio

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 12% girls / 88% boys

Origin: Japanese
Rio first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 359 babies (rank #160 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rio

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rio yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

5,050
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
359
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19969#1,434
199726#652
199842#474
199956#404
200053#413
200192#300
2002203#179
2003228#171
2004243#170
2005299#156
2006301#161
2007326#162
2008355#155
2009352#157
2010281#190
2011359#160
2012286#194
2013234#222
2014266#215
2015192#267
2016217#246