Rivian — unisex name
11 babies named Rivian in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Rivian was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Rivian in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rivian
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Rivian between 1920 and 1923, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rivian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Rivian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rivian performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rivian 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 11 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.
Rivian at a glance
Last recorded 1923Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rivian popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1923.
11 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 6 births in a single year.
Rivian popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2024 (Rivian as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rivian accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rivian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Rivian's all-time total
Rivian decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rivian's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.