Rivah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Rivah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Rivah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Riva; short form of Rivka (Rebecca); also an Italian word
Used in Jewish families as a short form of Rivka (Rebecca); riva is also Italian for shore or riverbank.
Meaning borrowed from Riva.
Is Rivah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rivah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rivah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Rivah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rivah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the UK were given Rivah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #301, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 82% of the babies named Rivah in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Rivah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
Names like Rivah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River Prisha Arya Gursanjh Saanvi Aadhya Raya Gurnaaz Aarvi Aavya Anvi Anvika
Other spellings of Rivah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rivah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rivah, updated 20 October 2026.