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River Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
67.26%
Male
32.74%
Female
River is predominantly a boys name, with 32.74% of Rivers being girls, and 67.26% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 21272 males named River, and 10353 females given the name
Popularity of River by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named River in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
River: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named River' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name River in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. River's average ranking is 9813.73, with it's highest ever rank being #597. River has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 0 times.
River has been used in the United States ever since 1971, with over 31625 girls given the name in the past 200 years. River gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2015, when it's usage went up by 134.17%. During this year, 945 babies were named River, which was 0.0258% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.031%, in this year alone more than 1000 girls were named River.
Popular 'R' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'R'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with R. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'R' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
Name | 'R-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
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Riley | 1. | 70. | 7110 | 0.197% |
Ruby | 2. | 174. | 3796 | 0.105% |
Reagan | 3. | 228. | 3081 | 0.085% |
Rylee | 4. | 242. | 2947 | 0.081% |
Rose | 5. | 352. | 2016 | 0.056% |
Raelynn | 6. | 360. | 1971 | 0.054% |
Ryleigh | 7. | 378. | 1877 | 0.052% |
Rachel | 8. | 382. | 1854 | 0.051% |
Reese | 9. | 390. | 1815 | 0.05% |
Rebecca | 10. | 448. | 1563 | 0.043% |
Rowan | 11. | 509. | 1344 | 0.037% |
Rosalie | 12. | 540. | 1241 | 0.034% |
Raegan | 13. | 589. | 1129 | 0.031% |
River | 14. | 597. | 1118 | 0.031% |
Remi | 15. | 612. | 1095 | 0.03% |
Ruth | 16. | 621. | 1081 | 0.03% |
Raelyn | 17. | 648. | 1024 | 0.028% |
Rylie | 18. | 665. | 1003 | 0.028% |
Regina | 19. | 861. | 733 | 0.02% |
Rosemary | 20. | 863. | 729 | 0.02% |