Girls' name · since 1949
Rivka
Rivka has 10,022 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,022
- born since 1949
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rivka currently ranks #629 among girls' names in America, with 10,022 babies recorded since 1949.
Rivka has 10,022 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #629 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #1,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #629 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,022 born since 1949
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rivka ranks #1,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #629 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,022 born since 1949, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,022
- born since 1949
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rivka's 10,022 recorded births place it above 97.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Rivka compares
10,022 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Rivka's all-time total is 27x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rivka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,022 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 464 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rivka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rivka's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 86% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 14%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 464, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rivka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 464
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Rivka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,024 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Rivka's strongest decade.
3,024 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Rivka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 121
1950s
121 births
- 1960s 207
1960s
207 births
- 1970s 525
1970s
525 births
- 1980s 807
1980s
807 births
- 1990s 1,133
1990s
1,133 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,878 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,024 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,322 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,024 births (30% of all-time use).
How Rivka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rivka's total volume
Rivka by state
Where Rivka concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6,254 | 62.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 2,288 | 22.8% |
| #3 | California | | 162 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 103 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 76 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 43 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.1% |
6,254 of 10,022 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Rivka appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rivka's data
- Rivka's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,024 total births) through the 2020s (2,322) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Rivkas (6,254 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rivka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Rivka 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.