River**
#454 most common boys' name of all time · #989 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#454
Rank overall
#989 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
59,351
Since 2016
42,401
Peak year
2022 #105
Best rank
#105 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 5,430/yr
River first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,401 | 3,139 | 4,540 | #111 |
| 2024 | 1,442 | 3,160 | 4,602 | #112 |
| 2023 | 1,587 | 3,117 | 4,704 | #116 |
| 2022 | 1,930 | 3,500 | 5,430 | #105 |
| 2021 | 1,886 | 3,504 | 5,390 | #110 |
| 2020 | 1,562 | 2,816 | 4,378 | #129 |
| 2019 | 1,441 | 2,371 | 3,812 | #168 |
| 2018 | 1,333 | 2,078 | 3,411 | #197 |
| 2017 | 1,181 | 1,969 | 3,150 | #200 |
| 2016 | 1,132 | 1,852 | 2,984 | #212 |
| 2015 | 951 | 1,516 | 2,467 | #243 |
| 2014 | 708 | 1,243 | 1,951 | #287 |
| 2013 | 488 | 830 | 1,318 | #371 |
| 2012 | 412 | 722 | 1,134 | #405 |
| 2011 | 293 | 645 | 938 | #424 |
| 2010 | 262 | 634 | 896 | #434 |
| 2009 | 281 | 619 | 900 | #449 |
| 2008 | 249 | 611 | 860 | #454 |
| 2007 | 229 | 464 | 693 | #555 |
| 2006 | 181 | 505 | 686 | #513 |
| 2005 | 92 | 476 | 568 | #517 |
| 2004 | 100 | 420 | 520 | #549 |
| 2003 | 72 | 388 | 460 | #571 |
| 2002 | 67 | 329 | 396 | #611 |
| 2001 | 72 | 323 | 395 | #608 |
| 2000 | 51 | 314 | 365 | #611 |
| 1999 | 55 | 359 | 414 | #559 |
| 1998 | 53 | 435 | 488 | #497 |
| 1997 | 45 | 389 | 434 | #519 |
| 1996 | 36 | 269 | 305 | #632 |
| 1995 | 25 | 278 | 303 | #619 |
| 1994 | 12 | 141 | 153 | #926 |
| 1993 | 12 | 54 | 66 | #1,655 |
| 1992 | 7 | 37 | 44 | #2,118 |
| 1991 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #2,523 |
| 1990 | 10 | 33 | 43 | #2,206 |
| 1989 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,884 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #3,853 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,653 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,257 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,053 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,804 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,695 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,753 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,929 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,890 |