River — #112 US boys' name

What the Data Says About River

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,498 babies named River between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, River currently holds the #112 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 3,503 babies received it in a single year. River is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18,256 additional births since 1988.

Decade-level aggregation shows that River performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16,060 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, River shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,644 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list River in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for River 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 36,498 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.