Riva — #3172 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Riva

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,577 babies named Riva between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riva currently holds the #3172 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Riva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 241 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Riva in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,577 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.