Girls' name · since 1994
Riviera
129 babies named Riviera in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Riviera currently ranks #8101 among girls' names in America, with 129 babies recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Riviera recorded 129 times among girls since 1994, holding rank #8101 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, 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 1994 to 2025.
- #24,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,101 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 129 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Riviera ranks #24,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,101 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 129 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Riviera's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Riviera compares
129 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Riviera's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Riviera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 129 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Riviera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Riviera's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Riviera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Riviera by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (72 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Riviera's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Riviera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 72 births (56% of all-time use).
Riviera by state
Where Riviera concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.7% |
6 of 129 births nationwide.
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What to do with Riviera's data
- California records the most Rivieras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Riviera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Riviera 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.