Unisex name · since 2008
Riven
312 babies named Riven in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,417 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
312 babies have been named Riven since 2008, making it today's #2417 unisex name.
Riven has 312 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2417 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #10,361 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,417 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 312 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riven ranks #10,361 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,417 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 312 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,417 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Riven's 312 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Riven compares
312 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Riven's all-time total is 15% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Riven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 312 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 34 | 22,252 |
Riven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Riven splits its recorded history at 2018: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 57 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Riven popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Riven popularity over time - girls
201 total births recorded since 2012 (Riven as girls' name)
Riven by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (224 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Riven's strongest decade.
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Riven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 82
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
224 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 224 births (72% of all-time use).
Riven by state
Where Riven concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 3.2% |
10 of 312 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Rivens (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Riven draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.