River-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIV-er-MAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
River-May is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “river + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does River-May mean?
English: River + May
“river + the month of May”
Joins River (English, “river”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from River and May.
Is River-May a girl's or a boy's name?
River-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is River-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named River-May, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named River-May since it first appeared, in 2018.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given River-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- River-Mae 13
- River-May 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
River-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
Names like River-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Navy, Riley, Hazel, Raven, Rosie, Ivy, Maeva, Romy, Ottilie, Athena, Evelyn
Other spellings of River-May
More English names
Lily, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Carter, Harrison, Ellie
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, “River-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/river-may, updated 20 October 2026.