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Girl's name · #220 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
33% girls · 67% boys — About 67% of babies named River in recent years have been boys. River →
River is near its high-water mark: it reached #149 in 2021 and still ranked #220 in 2025. About 20,000 girls have carried it since 1988.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#110 in Scotland (2025) · #168 in England & Wales (2025) · #225 in N. Ireland (2025) · #227 in New Zealand (2025) · #1,081 in Ireland (2025) · #303 in Canada (2024).
Among 43 notable people named River:
Entertainers appear 3.75× more often than among typical names — e.g. River Gallo, American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist.
Similar names: Freya · Ryleigh · Myla · Ember · Winter · Remi
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