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Boy's name · #111 in the US (2025) · Trending
67% boys · 33% girls — River is also given to girls: 1,401 in 2025, about 33% in recent years. River →
River is climbing: on the charts since 1971, it is ranked #111 in 2025, with about 3,100 boys given the name last year. Roughly 40,000 have carried it all-time.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#58 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #62 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #82 in New Zealand (2025) · #85 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #111 in England & Wales (2025) · #135 in Scotland (2025) · #207 in N. Ireland (2025) · #399 in Ireland (2025) · #537 in Netherlands (2025) · #834 in Sweden (2025) · #1,490 in Switzerland (2025) · #149 in Canada (2024).
Among 43 notable people named River:
Entertainers appear 3.75× more often than among typical names — e.g. River Phoenix, American actor and musician (1970–1993).
Similar names: Ace · Ryder · Archer · Colter · Rowan · Ryker
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