Rio

Where Rio comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rio.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Rio through the years
  1. 1920
    First appearance
    #4,286 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Rio Ferdinand born
    English association football player
  3. 1984
    Rio Mavuba born
    French footballer
  4. 2004
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2024
    Peak, #517
    593 babies named Rio, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
  • An unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Namesakes
  • Rio Ferdinand · English association football player, born 1978
  • Rio Mavuba · French footballer, born 1984
  • Rio Ngumoha · English association football player, born 2008
  • Rio Omori · Japanese association football player, born 2002
  • Rio Uchida · Japanese model, fashion model and actress, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.