Riva
- #3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 27 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,619since 1910
Riva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Riva has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | — | |
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| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
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| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Riva! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Riva is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New York#1,654 · 1 in 11,190
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #640 in New York, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 526 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #3,645)
- 903 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #3,645)
- 2,188 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #3,645)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1953 at #1,973 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,151
- Highest: 1 in 28,151 girls born in 2023 were named Riva (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,973 in 1953, was only 1 in 69,678 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 16.9% of all girls named Riva (273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,630 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,941 (1921) | #3,882 |
| 1930s | 29 | #3,449 (1934) | #3,959 |
| 1940s | 47 | #2,739 (1946) | #3,782 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,973 (1953) | #3,097 |
| 1960s | 124 | #2,752 (1961) | #4,051 |
| 1970s | 115 | #3,266 (1971) | #5,413 |
| 1980s | 220 | #2,867 (1988) | #4,140 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,773 (1992) | #5,817 |
| 2000s | 151 | #6,216 (2004) | #7,746 |
| 2010s | 273 | #3,247 (2017) | #5,298 |
| 2020s | 244 | #2,936 (2023) | #3,795 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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