Rivers**
#2,654 most common boys' name of all time · #6,381 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1910–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,654
Rank overall
#6,381 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
2,637
Since 2016
1,071
Peak year
2021 #1,680
Best rank
#1,581 1910
Girls
Boys
peak 139/yr
Rivers first appears in 1910. 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 | 15 | 45 | 60 | #2,802 |
| 2024 | 30 | 54 | 84 | #2,507 |
| 2023 | 32 | 50 | 82 | #2,623 |
| 2022 | 34 | 80 | 114 | #1,941 |
| 2021 | 41 | 98 | 139 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 33 | 99 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2019 | 35 | 95 | 130 | #1,682 |
| 2018 | 27 | 93 | 120 | #1,694 |
| 2017 | 23 | 87 | 110 | #1,770 |
| 2016 | 21 | 79 | 100 | #1,878 |
| 2015 | 31 | 82 | 113 | #1,818 |
| 2014 | 31 | 69 | 100 | #2,047 |
| 2013 | 14 | 67 | 81 | #2,024 |
| 2012 | 18 | 59 | 77 | #2,214 |
| 2011 | 35 | 55 | 90 | #2,319 |
| 2010 | 26 | 53 | 79 | #2,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | 43 | 62 | #2,806 |
| 2008 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #3,293 |
| 2007 | 31 | 28 | 59 | #3,706 |
| 2006 | 17 | 30 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2005 | 22 | 33 | 55 | #3,109 |
| 2004 | 27 | 25 | 52 | #3,653 |
| 2003 | 27 | 25 | 52 | #3,543 |
| 2002 | 35 | 29 | 64 | #3,116 |
| 2001 | 40 | 20 | 60 | #3,993 |
| 2000 | 24 | 10 | 34 | #6,368 |
| 1999 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,563 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,555 |
| 1997 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,908 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #7,065 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,434 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,286 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,190 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,571 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,386 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,197 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,893 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,281 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,047 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,954 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,055 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,721 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,188 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,144 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,109 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,963 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,487 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,114 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,194 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,022 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,124 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,680 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,422 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,636 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,269 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,584 |
| 1936 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,377 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,409 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,914 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,130 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,821 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,251 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,025 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,902 |
| 1923 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,940 |
| 1922 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #2,550 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,895 |
| 1920 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,681 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,212 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,659 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,044 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,040 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,922 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,188 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,709 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,581 |