River

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 42% girls / 58% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

River is a given name of English origin taken from river, the English word for a naturally flowing watercourse. It is in common use in English-speaking countries such as the United States for both males and females.

From Wikipedia

River 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 2016 with 145 babies (rank #328 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of River

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

1,583
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
145
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
199614#1,026
199718#871
199811#1,245
199917#938
20009#1,526
200113#1,181
200216#1,068
200318#1,036
200419#1,067
200525#913
200632#810
200734#793
200838#772
200948#657
201059#581
201172#505
201276#504
201380#484
201463#572
2015108#395
2016145#328