Boys' name · since 1931
Rives
Rives has 15 recorded births since 1931 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,603 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Rives currently ranks #12203 among boys' names in America, with 15 babies recorded since 1931.
Social Security Administration records show Rives recorded 15 times among boys since 1931, holding rank #12203 nationally today, ahead of 12% of boys, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 2025.
- #31,603 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,203 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 1931
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rives ranks #31,603 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,203 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 15 born since 1931, peaking in the 1930s.
- #31,603 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Rives's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rives compares
15 6th 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
Rives's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rives | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rives's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rives's full recorded timeline at 1938, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1931, with just 5 recorded births.
Rives popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–2025
- Peak year (1931)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Rives by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1930s was Rives's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Rives births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rives's data
- Rives's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rives: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~94 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, 1931–2025 (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 Rives 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.