Girls' name · since 1914
Rivera
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Rivera, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Rivera since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Rivera recorded 16 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2023.
- #49,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rivera ranks #49,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rivera's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rivera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rivera splits its recorded history at 2022: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rivera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rivera by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Rivera's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Rivera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rivera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1914–2023 (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 Rivera 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.