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Rivers: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 45 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,553 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,553 in 1910; #2,828 in 2025. About 75% of babies named Rivers in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,828 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #1,553.
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Rivers: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 45 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,553 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 99 (2020).
In 2025, 45 US boys were named Rivers, making it the 2,828th most common boys’ name of the year, down 309 places from #2,519 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 54 boys named Rivers in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,553, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 99, in 2020. For comparison, it was #1,822 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 15 US girls were named Rivers, making it the 7,421st most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,779 places from #4,642 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 30 girls named Rivers in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,405, reached in 2001. The most girls given the name in a single year was 41, in 2021. For comparison, it was #4,570 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rivers in 86 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1910 with 6 babies. In all, 2,637 US babies have been given the name, 28% of them girls and 72% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,000 babies named Rivers.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 780 US boys were named Rivers; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 99. In 2025 that was about 1 in 37,957 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rivers ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #850 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 5 | #850 | #472 |
| California | 6 | #2,409 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,421 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,642 | 54 | #2,519 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,438 | 50 | #2,648 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,274 | 80 | #1,948 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,724 | 98 | #1,685 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,243 | 99 | #1,631 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,141 | 95 | #1,685 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,984 | 93 | #1,701 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,636 | 87 | #1,776 |
| 2016 | 21 | #6,151 | 79 | #1,887 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,570 | 82 | #1,822 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,633 | 69 | #2,058 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,492 | 67 | #2,037 |
| 2012 | 18 | #7,088 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,224 | 55 | #2,334 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,377 | 53 | #2,392 |
| 2009 | 19 | #7,011 | 43 | #2,836 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,760 | 34 | #3,330 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,783 | 28 | #3,770 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,423 | 30 | #3,507 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,749 | 33 | #3,156 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,921 | 25 | #3,721 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,785 | 25 | #3,608 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,789 | 29 | #3,170 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,405 | 20 | #4,087 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,943 | 10 | #6,724 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,043 | 15 | #4,715 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,396 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,362 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1996 | — | — | 12 | #5,121 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,485 | 7 | #7,630 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,840 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,695 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,569 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,844 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,692 | — | — |
| 1983 | — | — | 5 | #7,091 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,860 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,533 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,502 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #3,031 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,953 |
| 1962 | — | — | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,493 |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,460 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,203 |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,263 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,647 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,250 |
| 1948 | — | — | 5 | #4,087 |
| 1947 | — | — | 7 | #3,312 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #3,120 |
| 1945 | — | — | 6 | #3,257 |
| 1943 | — | — | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,501 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,461 |
| 1940 | — | — | 7 | #3,079 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,879 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,295 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,636 |
| 1936 | — | — | 10 | #2,420 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,565 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #4,189 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,451 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #4,062 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,393 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #4,100 |
| 1925 | — | — | 9 | #3,103 |
| 1924 | — | — | 10 | #2,981 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,575 | 6 | #4,159 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,363 | 12 | #2,605 |
| 1921 | — | — | 10 | #2,947 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,631 | 11 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,329 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,894 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,394 |
| 1915 | — | — | 12 | #2,277 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,195 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,918 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,228 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,704 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,553 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).