Rise
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RYZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Rise is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “to rise up”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Rise mean?
English: the English word rise
“to rise up”
Is Rise a girl's or a boy's name?
Rise is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Rise, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had the most boys named Rise of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Rise in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rise in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Rise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Truce Prince Ambrose Royal Rome Charlie George Fletcher Ford Rush Rhodes King
Names related to Rise
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rise, updated 20 October 2026.